GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sculptor who won the

Turner Prize in 1994 (6,7) 8 Singer who released Christmas, her 27th studio album, in 2023 (4) 9 Song by the late David Soul that was his second UK No. 1 hit, in 1977 (6,4) 10 Dennis, TV dramatist noted for his work The Singing Detective (6) 11 Obsessive selfcentredness (8) 12 Detrimental to

well-being (9) 14 Derisive term that is given to something considered boring or unimportant (4) 15 Million Dollar ____, 2005 boxing film starring Hilary Swank (4) 16 Informal expression that

means ‘precisely’ (2,3,4) 20 Those responsible for deciding and planning the work of charities (8) 21 Bud, comedy partner

to Lou Costello (6) 23 Soap actress who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2023 (5,5) 24 Peter, style guru who co-wrote The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (4) 25 Minor or petty

wrongdoings (13)

DOWN

1 ____ Forest, woodland in East Sussex inspiring the tales of Winnie-the-Pooh (7) 2 Set of cards used in

fortune-telling (5) 3 An opening on the face allowing the entry and exit of air (7) 4 A payment that may be given to someone who is made redundant or retires early (6,9) 5 A small South African antelope with a brownish-grey coat (6) 6 Singer-songwriter noted for her 2006 debut studio album Alright, Still (4,5) 7 Language once used by Jewish people in Central and Eastern Europe (7) 13 The official residences

of top diplomats (9) 15 Staffordshire town sometimes called the mother town of Stoke-on-Trent (7) 17 A derogatory term for one who does not hold any religious belief (7) 18 Rows of stitches holding together the edges of surgical incisions (7) 19 ____ Ash, actress who played Deborah Burton in the 1990s sitcom Men Behaving Badly (6) 22 A marshy outlet of a lake or

river in the southern U.S. (5)