GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Young trees (8) 9 The ____ , 2008 Kate Winslet film based on a novel by Bernhard Schlink (6) 10 Hey ___ , Beatles song written by Paul McCartney to comfort John Lennon’s son Julian (4) 11 Instrument of torture in the Middle Ages consisting of an upright box lined with spikes (4,6) 12 A burrowing rodent of the squirrel family (6) 14 Nickname of Bolton Wanderers FC (8) 15 Genus of flowering plants that give their name to the Japanese imperial throne (13) 17 Desserts of thin pieces of flaky pastry, honey and nuts, usually cut in lozengeshaped pieces (8) 19 Relating to bears (6) 21 An inattentive initial look followed by a second one impelled by surprise or admiration (6,4) 22 Extinct flightless bird formerly inhabiting the island of Mauritius (4) 23 Filet ____ , small boneless cut of beef from the underside of a sirloin (6) 24 U.S. actor married to Madonna from 1985 to 1989 (4,4)

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1 Scott, U.S. actor who played Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise (6) 2 The French tricolour comprises vertical bands in this colour with white and red (4) 3 Poem by English poet WE Henley, published in 1888 and noted for its evocation of stoicism (8) 4 A game in which one player gives a word to which another finds a rhyme (6) 5 Weekly British magazine featuring broadcast listings, first published in 1923 (5,5) 6 Old form of message transmitted over a distance by electrical signals carried over a wire (8) 8 Another name for meteors (8,5) 13 The M in the acronym MCC, cricket’s former governing body, stands for this (10) 15 The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in this French ski resort (8) 16 A recent graduate in medicine taking a resident junior post in a hospital (8) 18 The Spanish Riding School is located in this capital (6) 20 ____ Dorries, Conservative MP who was a contestant on I’m A Celebrity in 2012 (6) 22 Johnny, actor who played Jack Sparrow in The Pirates Of The Caribbean film series (4)