GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Informal term for worthy types with unpolished manners or dress (5,8) 8 James, NASA administrator after whom a space telescope launched in 2021 is named (4) 9 Looney Tunes cartoon character who was part of a duo with Wile E. Coyote (4,6) 10 Football club nicknamed The Bees, who play at the Hive Stadium (6) 11 A zone to which entry is dangerous, impossible or forbidden (2-2,4) 12 Uncertainty about one’s competence (4-5) 14 House of ___, directly elected part of the Isle of Man’s parliament (4) 15 The ____, informal name for Gibraltar (4) 16 An animal’s set of ancestors or pedigree (9) 20 A person or thing that is easy to understand (4,4) 21 ____ Forest, area of ancient woodland straddling the London-Essex border (6) 23 Medium-sized diving ducks (10) 24 Bob, U.S. tennis player noted as a doubles partner of Stan Smith (4) 25 Music played at the beginning or end of a TV or radio programme (9,4)

DOWN

1 Historic district of North Yorkshire in the Vale of Pickering (7) 2 The name of eight popes in the Roman Catholic Church (5) 3 ____ Hornblower, naval officer created by C. S. Forester (7) 4 Song in the 1967 film The Jungle Book sung by Louis Prima as King Louie (1,5,2,4,3) 5 Thirteenth studio album by Fleetwood Mac, released in 1982 (6) 6 Incomparable or unrivalled (9) 7 Matthew, snooker player born in 1977 nicknamed The Welsh Dragon (7) 13 Downward ____, yoga pose in which the body assumes an inverted V shape (6,3) 15 Birds of prey such as eagles or hawks (7) 17 To supervise a person or their work (7) 18 No, No, ____, musical comedy that includes the song Tea For Two (7) 19 ____ Hogg, film director whose work includes Unrelated and Archipelago (6) 22 A Middle Eastern or Indian dish of rice cooked in stock with spices (5)