GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 The amounts by which revenues from sales exceed costs in business (6,7) 8 ____ Koenig, lead vocalist of indie rock band Vampire Weekend (4) 9 Informal term for one enthusiastic about hi-fi sound reproduction (10) 10 Italian fashion house

founded in 1975 (6) 11 The ability to read

and write (8) 12 ____ Of Honour, recipient of an award founded by King George V in 1917 (9) 14 Barry, late Welsh rugby union fly-half nicknamed The King (4) 15 A member of an elite force in the U.S. Navy trained in special ops (4) 16 A tax levied on single property purchases in the UK (5,4) 20 A very small or inadequate

amount of money (8) 21 A failure to take advantage of an opportunity in sport (3-3) 23 Composer noted for supplying the music for the revival of Doctor Who in 2005 (6,4) 24 James K., U.S. president born in 1795, nicknamed ‘Young Hickory’ (4) 25 Style of late Gothic architecture using vertical lines in stone window tracery (13)

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1 Francisco, Spanish conquistador noted for conquest of the Inca Empire (7) 2 The city in Nebraska where the Reuben sandwich was reputedly invented in 1925 (5) 3 Grand Prix first held in 1921 and usually staged at Monza (7) 4 Moderate or avoiding

extremes (6-2-3-4) 5 Places where birds regularly settle or congregate to rest at night (6) 6 Christopher, writer noted for his 1939 novel Goodbye To Berlin (9) 7 ____ Valley, area in which high-tech businesses are based in California (7) 13 One whose job is to apply a soft mixture of sand and cement to walls, etc. (9) 15 A winter sports competition with a steep slope rising at the end (3,4) 17 Having a pleasant

arrangement of sounds (7) 18 Alvin, writer and businessman noted for his 1970 book Future Shock (7) 19 Maltase is one in

human saliva (6) 22 Chaim, actor noted for playing Tevye in Fiddler On The Roof (5)