General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1 & 23 & 8D 1997 film starring and coscripted by John Cusack (6,6,5)

4. Capital of The Gambia (6)

9. Australian cricketer who exceeded 40 wickets in two Test series against England (5,8)

10. Wading bird similar to the heron (7)

11. Whitefish such as Coregonus artedi of North America (5)

12. George, actor whose TV roles include Norm in the sitcom Cheers (5)

14. Small bone in the middle ear also called the anvil (5)

18. Cary, actor who played the title role in the 1993 film Robin Hood: Men in Tights (5)

19. See 2 Down

21. 1999 film starring Bruce Willis as

Dr. Malcolm

Crowe (3,5,5)

22. See 17 Down

23. See 1 Across

DOWN

1. ‘The Great ---’, 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald (6)

2 & 19A 2000 Coen Brothers film starring George Clooney (1,7,5,3,4)

3. Alexei, comedianactor who authored the volume of short stories Barcelona Plates (5)

5. Town in N.W. France which was an early lace-making centre (7)

6. Fifteenth president of the United

States (5,8)

7. Michael, actor who played Little Joe in the TV series Bonanza (6)

8. See 1 Across

13. Dutch art movement whose leaders included Piet Mondrian (2,5)

15. Penguin found in the Falkland Islands (6)

16. Spaghetti or vermicelli, for example (5)

17 & 22A Author of the play Desire under the Elms (6,6)

20. Torquato, 16th century Italian poet who authored the 1573 pastoral drama Aminta (5)