GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 U.S. daily newspaper founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones (3,3,4,5) 8 A bold or daring feat (7) 9 Jake, detective played by Andy Samberg in TV comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine (7) 10 ____ Dingle, character played by Natalie J. Robb in Emmerdale (5) 11 A place where people work in poor conditions for usually very low pay (9) 12 Gus, U.S. astronaut who commanded the Apollo 1 mission in 1967 (7) 14 Alessia, footballer who backheeled the Lionesses’ third goal in their semi-final win in Euro 2022 (5) 15 ____ Shakur, U.S. rapper inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame in 2002 (5) 17 To learn new skills in order to do a different job (7) 19 Substances that animals and plants need in order to live and grow (9) 22 Paul, English theoretical physicist who was a founder of quantum mechanics (5) 23 Destruction of the natural environment by deliberate or negligent human action (7) 24 A game with a two-headed top and a string stretched between sticks (7) 25 Those who believe in a strict, literal interpretation of scripture in religion (15)

DOWN

1 ____ Being Earnest, play that features Lady Augusta Bracknell (3,10,2) 2 Glimpsing, especially something a long distance away (7) 3 A person who is obsessively self-centred (9) 4 Pauline, English actress who played Reginald Perrin’s wife in the 1970s TV sitcom (5) 5 ____ cards, a deck divided into two sections, Major and Minor Arcana (5) 6 Thomas, English economist and demographer who was noted for his views on population growth (7) 7 The Penny Black and Tyrian Plum might be among objects of their interest (5,10) 9 To take action in order to prevent an anticipated event happening (3-4) 13 ____ Jones, English actress who plays industrialist Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack (7) 14 Author born in 1916 who wrote the children’s novel Fantastic Mr Fox (5,4) 16 A remark intended to criticise or demean someone (3-4) 18 A limited channel connecting two larger areas of water (7) 20 Island in the Mediterranean whose resorts include San Antonio and Playa d’en Bossa (5) 21 Anwar, Egyptian president who was a co-winner of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize (5)

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