Dahl's Life

Crossword Puzzle Answers

Across:

4. Tessa Dahl's real first name – Chantal
8. Tessa Dahl's real middle name – Sophia
10. Village where Dahl lived many years and where he is buried – Great Missenden
12. Dahl's nickname in the military (because he was tall) – Lofty
16. Original name of "Gipsy House" – Little Whitefield
18. Dahl once saw a snake–man catch a green mamba
19. Dahl travelled to Washington D.C. as "assistant air attache"
20. Dahl believed Geoffrey Fisher, later Archbishop of Canterbury, abused students
22. Dahl's youngest sister – Asta
23. American animator that wanted to film "The Gremlins" – Disney
24. Slang public school name for prefects (from "Boy") – boazers

Down:

1. Town where Dahl lived in Tanganyika while working for Shell Oil Company – Dar es Salaam
2. Type of school Harald Dahl wanted his children to attend – English
3. Matthew Smith, artist and friend of Dahl
6. Dahl's eldest sister died of it (see 22 down) – appendicitis
7. Plane Dahl was flying when he crashed in the Libyan Desert – Gladiator
9. Dahl's second eldest sister – Alfhild
11. Branch of the UK military Dahl joined in 1939 – Royal Air Force
13. School Dahl's sisters attended while he was at Repton – Roedean
14. Dahl's favorite composer – Beethoven
15. Dahl's initial military rank was Leading Aircraftman
17. Village in Wales where Dahl was born – Llandaff
20. Felicity Crosland, Dahl's second wife
22. Dahl's eldest sister (see 6 down) – Astri