GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Barry Sheene and Carl Fogarty were noted racing ones (13)

8 Julio, Argentinian footballer who played for Sunderland and Middlesbrough (4)

9 Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse (10)

10 Slang term for a person’s hair (6)

11 A criminal or villain (8)

12 A set of people who live in ways not traditionally accepted as correct (4-5)

14 The central parts of wheels (4)

15 ____ Wolff, Austrian principal of the Mercedes Formula One racing team (4)

16 A gentle feeling of fondness or liking (9)

20 Confident, stylish and charming (8)

21 Care and maintenance of a facility (6)

23 Valentina, Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman to travel in space (10)

24 ____ Drago, boxer played by Dolph Lundgren in the 1986 film Rocky IV (4)

25 An electronic device used to search for buried objects (5,8)

DOWN

1 Coastal town in Kent containing the Turner Contemporary art gallery (7)

2 Shania, country singer noted for her 1997 song You’re Still The One (5)

3 An Italian dish traditionally cooked with arborio rice (7)

4 Are ____, song by Elton John that was a UK No. 1 hit in 2003 (3,5,3,4)

5 Surname of the family featured in the book series The Darling Buds Of May (6)

6 Lack of confidence in one’s own abilities (4-5)

7 Types of dog that include Gordon and Irish (7)

13 A shy, reticent person (9)

15 A horizontal timber connecting two rafters in a roof (3,4)

17 The BBC’s mission propounded by Lord Reith, its first directorgeneral: to inform, ____ and entertain (7)

18 Type of theatre found in London’s Regent’s Park and The Globe (4-3)

19 ____ Reeves, Labour politician appointed shadow chancellor in 2021 (6)

22 Gustav, Austrian painter who is noted for his painting The Kiss (5)