GK Crossword No. 40 (DT)
by Medusa

Across

Russian composer of Swan Lake (11)
International football organization (abbr.) (4)
10 Of a seed, able to remain dormant for years (11)
11 Musical composition (4)
14 Large extinct elephant (7)
16 One who advocates an early Christian philosophy of the redemption of the spirit from matter by spiritual knowledge (7)
17 Black-and-white striped African equine (5)
18 White powder - magnesium silicate (4)
19 Indian mountain pass or stairs leading to a landing on the water (4)
20 Indian instrument (5)
22 Either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length (7)
23 A larval frog or toad (7)
24 --- Clapton, erstwhile guitarist with Cream and the Yardbirds (4)
28 Nitrous oxide (8,3)
29 Khartoum`s river (4)
30 Exuberance (4,2,5)

Down

African republic (4)
4,840 square yards (4)
Collective farm in Israel (7)
Bowed stringed instrument (4)
8th and most important avatar of Vishnu (7)
Case for holding valuable papers (8,3)
Cricket ball skimmed along the ground (5-6)
12 Tiny fragments of something which has been smashed (11)
13 Far-fetched (11)
15 Curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle (5)
16 Former English silver coin worth four pennies (5)
20 Female singer (7)
21 TV western including Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates (7)
25 Man-eating giant (4)
26 Not a pretty fruit! (4)
27 Young salmon (4)

Solution


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