GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Fifth studio album by rock band Radiohead, released in 2001 (8) 9 The second most populous city in Syria (6) 10 ____ Miller, US actor who played the title role in 2023 film The Flash (4) 11 Charles Dickens novel about the legal battle of Jarndyce v Jarndyce (5,5) 12 Spaces between intersecting lines in mathematics that include obtuse and reflex (6) 14 A survey of voters shortly after voting (4,4) 15 Independent or non-party affiliated members of the UK House of Lords (13) 17 Likely to happen (8) 19 The Man In The High ____, 1962 novel by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick (6) 21 A puppet worked by strings (10) 22 Nella, Catfish UK presenter who competed on 2023’s I’m A Celebrity... (4) 23 Rufus, actor who played Paul in 2020 film The Father (6) 24 Height at which something can be seen with a horizontal gaze (3,5)

DOWN

1 ____ rainforest, one that covers much of northwestern Brazil (6) 2 Brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra (4) 3 Short-range or mediumrange commercial passenger planes (8) 4 An Islamic style of handwritten script (6) 5 Informal term meaning ‘to calm down and relax’ (10) 6 People who are represented by balls on a simnel cake (8) 8 A sweet mintflavoured alcoholic beverage (5,2,6) 13 Jamaican winger who joined Aston Villa FC in 2021 (4,6) 15 A business producing automobiles (3,5) 16 An immature male chicken (8) 18 A stiff and usually ornamental bracelet or anklet (6) 20 ____ B. Pearson, Canadian premier who won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize (6) 22 Andre, Dutch violinist and conductor born in 1949 (4)