General Knowledge Crossword

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1. Mythological spring on Mount Helicon around which the Muses gathered (10)

7. Michael, author of the play Noises Off (5)

8. ‘The ---’, 2002 novel by John Grisham (7)

10. 1923 book by

Aldous Huxley (5,3)

11. 1976 novel by Tom Sharpe (4)

13. Anil, India bowler who took 10-74 against Pakistan in the Delhi Test in 1999 (6)

15. Former situation on a golf green in which the line was blocked by an opponent’s ball (6)

17. Mary Baker, founder of the Christian Science movement (4)

18. Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on Ferenc Molnar’s Liliom (8)

21. Baruch, Dutch philosopher whose chief work is 1677’s Ethics (7)

22. Smallest unit of weight in the avoirdupois system (5)

23. Flagship of Columbus on his first voyage to America (5,5)

DOWN

1 & 6D 1902 novella by Joseph

Conrad narrated by the character Marlow (5,2,8)

2. Card game for two to four players similar to bezique (8)

3. Legendary Irish hero and bard of the 3rd century A.D. (6)

4. Capital of Italy (4)

5. Ductile white metallic element whose symbol is Nb (7)

6. See 1 Down

9. Graham, artist whose portraits include that of Sir Winston Churchill in 1955 (10)

12. ‘The ---’, 1889 oneact play by August Strindberg (8)

14. Group of volcanic islands west of Morocco in the

North Atlantic (7)

16. Old Testament character whose ass spoke to him (6)

19. La --- is a Milan opera house (5)

20. Samuel, 19th century inventor of a type of revolver (4)