General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

4. Curtis, 1989 US Open golf champion (7)

8. County of Northern Ireland famous for the Giant’s Causeway (6)

9. Alfred, illustrator of the Rupert Bear tales who died in 1986 (7)

10. See 6 Down

11. Friedrich, author of the 1811 novel Undine (6)

12 & 24A 1987 novel by

Iain M. Banks (8,7)

18. Patrick, actor who starred in the 1960’s TV drama The Prisoner (8)

20. 1954 film by Jules Dassin about a group of jewel thieves (6)

21. See 2 Down

22. Independent state in the Persian Gulf whose capital is Manamah (7)

23. Soft felt or velvet medium-brimmed hat usually with a band (6)

24. See 12 Across

DOWN

1. North Atlantic food fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus (7)

2 & 21A ‘The ---’, operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg (7,6)

3. György, composer of the opera Le Grand Macabre (6)

5. Small arboreal amphibian having long clawlike toes (4,4)

6 & 10A Character in Oliver Twist whose real name is Jack Dawkins (6,6)

7. Slimy creature in The Lord of the Rings (6)

13. Caribbean republic whose capital is Roseau (8)

14. Longest river in the Republic of Ireland (7)

15. Part of the body also called the patella (7)

16. Largest city in Saudi Arabia (6)

17. Ambrose, short story writer who disappeared in Mexico in 1913 (6)

19. Edna, author of the novel The Country Girls (6)