GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Gold-leaf used for decorating bronze (6) 8 Christopher, Genoese navigator and admiral who landed in the Americas in 1492 (8) 9 _____ tiger, critically endangered wild cat inhabiting a large island off mainland Asia (8) 10 Fox, FBI Special Agent played by David Duchovny in The X-Files (6) 11 _____ Prizes, annual awards given by Columbia University for achievement in U.S. journalism and the arts (8) 12 ____ Andress, Swiss actress who played Bond girl Honey Ryder in Dr. No (6) 13 Pirate and archenemy of Peter Pan (7,4) 18 William E., U.S. aviation pioneer who founded an airplane company in 1916 (6) 20 A container or tub in which to draw a prize (5,3) 22 A notice or formal warning (6) 23 British animator who created Wallace and Gromit (4,4) 24 Michelle, The Greatest Showman actress (8) 25 The Great ____ , 1963 war film starring Steve McQueen (6)

DOWN

1 Requiring great effort or hard to accomplish (7) 2 Portrait oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci known in Italian as La Gioconda (4,4) 3 Luis, Uruguayan striker for Barcelona who previously played for Liverpool (6) 4 Devon city containing the Mayflower Steps from where the Pilgrim Fathers sailed in 1620 (8) 5 Samuel, Scottish author noted for his 1859 work Self-Help (6) 6 Technical term for German measles (7) 8 Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean that includes Lanzarote and Tenerife (6,7) 14 American term for a miser or skinflint (8) 15 International sporting events with summer and winter variants held every four years (8) 16 _____ Hornblower, fictional Royal Navy officer created by C.S. Forester (7) 17 To upset or throw into disorder (7) 19 Standards of perfection (6) 21 Jarvis, founder and frontman of Britpop band Pulp (6)

SOLUTION TOMORROW