GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 ____ bars, event in men’s gymnastics that usually follows vault in competitions (8) 9 A small bay of the sea (6) 10 The number of ‘Great Lakes’ that are clustered in east-central North America (4) 11 Heitor, Brazilian composer and conductor, born in 1887 (5-5) 12 Virginia, actress who played student Helen Lyle in 1993 film Candyman (6) 14 A tree or shrub of warm climates with fragrant white or yellow flowers (8) 15 US state that contains Charleston and Myrtle Beach (5,8) 17 Takers of food from waste bins as a way of reducing consumption (8) 19 Largest of the Iles du Vent (Windward Islands) of French Polynesia (6) 21 Below-ground chamber, such as a church crypt (10) 22 Rebecca, writer noted for her ‘Aubrey’ trilogy of autobiographical novels (4) 23 To lower in rank (6) 24 A section at the end of a book or play serving as a conclusion (8)

DOWN

1 ____ paper, one relatively cheap and made from semibleached wood fibres (6) 2 A growth of long hair on the neck of a horse or lion (4) 3 ____ hour, expression meaning ‘the last possible moment’ (8) 4 A market in a Middle Eastern or Asian country (6) 5 To make destitute or

deprive of vitality (10) 6 A wind instrument with a small keyboard having a row of reeds (8) 8 Actress who plays Mollie Kyle in 2023 film Killers Of The Flower Moon (4,9) 13 Colloquial term for a bellows-driven instrument, e.g. an accordion (7-3) 15 ____ spaniel, mediumsized breed of dog originally used to find game (8) 16 To go faster than (8) 18 Curved structures,

e.g. of masonry (6) 20 Informal term for the flipping of a coin to decide between two options (4-2) 22 Evan Rachel, US actress who starred as Dolores Abernathy in sci-fi series Westworld (4)