GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Solid commodities traded in bulk such as tea, sugar and grain (3,5)

9 ____ Henry, a boisterous but ineffectual upperclass male (6)

10 Frederick Forsyth novel, published in 1996 (4)

11 The belief in or worship of many gods (10)

12 E. Cobham, lexicographer who gave his name to a major reference work (6)

14 A subsidiary growth on a plant (8)

15 169-foot-tall London monument that faces Whitehall, made of Dartmoor stone (7,6)

17 Decorated with glass cut to resemble precious stones (8)

19 ____ Slagg, fictional columnist in satirical magazine Private Eye (6)

21 Articulate or using language in an intelligent way (4,6)

22 James, actor who played Private Walker in Dad’s Army (4)

23 A short leisurely walk (6)

24 ____ Child, girl group whose second UK No. 1 hit was Survivor in 2001 (8)

DOWN

1 Nickname of former prime minister Ted Heath (6)

2 John, Republic of Ireland defender and Sheffield United captain (4)

3 Fishing village on the south Cornish coast near to Looe (8)

4 A hypothetical question, especially in history (4,2)

5 A person with a lot of energy and strength (10)

6 To give to a younger person within the same family (4,4)

8 The ____, the fourth studio album by Elbow, which won the 2008 Mercury Prize (6,4,3)

13 Actor who played mechanic Gaz Wilkinson in Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps (4,6)

15 A small, round piece of meat, especially lamb (8)

16 Charles-Marie Widor was a noted French one (8)

18 Language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia (6)

20 People employed to lure others into a snare (6)

22 A skin swelling typically caused by the infection of a hair follicle (4)