GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

5 Southern African antelope with lyre-shaped horns (6) 7 Benny Goodman was a noted jazz player of this instrument (8) 9 Breed of large black and white dairy cattle originating in the Netherlands (8) 10 Robert, first prime minister of independent Zimbabwe (6) 11 U.S. ex-actress who became Duchess of Sussex in 2018 (6,6) 13 ______ Morgan, comedian and actor who played the title role in Father Ted (6) 15 A rogue or scoundrel (6) 18 U.S. film awards given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, begun in 1944 (6,6) 21 Prince ______ , Queen Victoria’s consort and father of King Edward VII (6) 22 Late English singer born in 1917 nicknamed The Forces’ Sweetheart (4,4) 23 Prison in Princetown in Devon opened in 1809 (8) 24 The Three ______ , operatic singing group of José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti (6)

DOWN

1 Made in ________ , 2010 film about a Ford sewing machinists’ strike in East London (8) 2 Maid _ _ _ _ _ _ , companion of fictional outlaw Robin Hood (6) 3 Colloquial term for a swinging blow (8) 4 Family in Emmerdale to whom Zak and Cain belong (6) 6 Formula One racing team with whom Lewis Hamilton has won five drivers’ titles (8) 7 Uproarious dance of French origin involving the high kicking and raising of skirts (6) 8 Italian island to which Napoleon was exiled in 1814 (4) 12 Another name for a publican (8) 14 Long TV broadcast usually to raise money for a cause or charity (8) 16 Rugby union team that won the last Five Nations title in 1999 (8) 17 John, U.S. singer/songwriter and guitarist noted for the song Rocky Mountain High (6) 18 Slum quarter of a city inhabited by a minority group, coined for a location in Venice (6) 19 _ _ _ _ _ _ Southgate, England national football team manager appointed in 2016 (6) 20 ____ Fitzgerald, U.S. jazz singer born in 1917 nicknamed Queen of Jazz (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW