GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Salmon that’s returned to fresh water after one winter at sea (6)

8 ____ Medal, annual award begun in 1936 for writers for children and young adults (8)

9 ____ Got Married, 1986 comedy drama film starring Kathleen Turner (5,3)

10 English county that contains the RHS Garden at Wisley (6)

11 A round or cylindrical container for food, rolls of film etc. (8)

12 Comic book superhero whose alter ego is Bobby Drake (6)

13 Surgery to change the shape of the nose (11)

18 ____ acid, one found naturally in lemons and limes (6) 20 Christopher, explorer who landed in the New World in 1492 (8)

22 Xabi, Spanish football coach who played for Liverpool and Real Madrid (6)

23 Difficult to understand; complicated (8)

24 ____ speed, one at which a car, ship or aircraft travels most efficiently (8)

25 Jannik, tennis player who won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 2024 Australian Open (6)

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1 Morgan, actor who played Lucius Fox in the Dark Knight film trilogy (7)

2 Slow-moving or inactive (8)

3 Patsy, actress who played Faye Morton in Holby City (6)

4 Genus of plants that includes cabbage and swede (8)

5 Jamie, hooker appointed captain of the England rugby union team in 2024 (6)

6 Joseph, actor who played the villain Julius No in the 1962 Bond film Dr No (7)

8 The act of choosing the most profitable items, opportunities etc. (6,7)

14 The death of body tissue (8)

15 A chronological arrangement of events in order of occurrence (8)

16 ____ Of The Flower Moon, 2023 film directed by Martin Scorsese (7)

17 Rudolf, ballet dancer and choreographer born in 1938 (7)

19 Fashion and portrait photographer born in Glasgow in 1966 (6)

21 Sumptuously rich or elaborate (6)

SOLUTION TOMORROW