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This week’s crossword is the fortnightly general knowledge crossword. You may prefer to work on the interactive page which is available at this link to the Crossword Compiler webpage. That page is not technically supported by GenevaLunch.

Across

1 Father, religious superior and Swedish singers (4)

3 Flat round pieces used in playing the game of draughts and official country residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (8)

9 United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women’s Air Force pilots in World War II (7)

10 Villain in Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (5)

11 Family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485 (12)

13 Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows (6)

15 United States film actor (1899-1957) (6)

17 A seemingly small but actual mortal weakness (8,4)

20 Loose fitting cloak extending to the hips or knees (5)

21 Swedish film actress (1915-1982) (7)

22 Purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen (8)

23 The highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet) (4)

Down

1 United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947) (2,6)

2 An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp (5)

4 Bird’s reproductive body consisting of an embryo together with nutritive and protective envelope (3-3)

5 The wife of a reigning king (5,7)

6 Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra (7)

7 United States virologist who developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis (4)

8 A line of latitude that marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice (6,6)

12 Athletic princess in Greek mythology (8)

14 Small wild cud-chewing Andean animals (7)

16 Defences by the accused purporting to show that they could not have committed the crime in question (6)

18 Social insect living in organized colonies (5)

19 A state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young (4)

Here is last week’s solution. Did you find the birds?

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