GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Relating to the study of handwriting (13) 8 A slab used for paving (4) 9 To frighten or scare (4,6) 10 Nigel, actor who played Neil in The Young Ones (6) 11 Actor who played Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (3,5) 12 Horatio, financier born in 1860, who edited the magazine John Bull (9) 14 ____ Interceptors, BBC consumer programme about internet fraud, hosted by Rav Wilding (4) 15 Ski resort in the U.S. state of Colorado that opened in 1962 (4) 16 Car manufacturer that was founded in 1920 as Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (4,5) 20 A stinging insect noted for producing swellings on plants (4,4) 21 To receive payments or benefits over time (6) 23 Peggy, art collector born in 1898 who founded an art museum in Venice (10) 24 Tim, U.S. defender who joined Fulham FC in 2015 (4) 25 Thriller by Frederick Forsyth, first published in 1972 (3,6,4)

DOWN

1 NASA space probe launched in 1989 that studied the planet Jupiter (7) 2 A colourless and odourless gas that is used in low-energy light bulbs (5) 3 Lacking excitement or variety (7) 4 Phrase meaning ‘extremely fast’ (4,3,8) 5 Musical award that was first established in 1959 (6) 6 Antonio, Italian chef and restaurateur who was born in 1937 (9) 7 Irish county whose county town is Carrickon-Shannon (7) 13 A conversation or meeting between three people or groups (9) 15 A long, bridge-like structure carrying a road or railway across a valley (7) 17 A condition caused by a low number of red blood cells (7) 18 To match a person or achievement, typically by imitation (7) 19 A female follower of the god Dionysus in ancient Greece (6) 22 Dog breed whose name derives from the Welsh for ‘dwarf dog’ (5) SOLUTION TOMORROW