GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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7 A milky mixture used

for coating walls (8) 9 ____ cabinet, a piece of furniture showcasing cups or other awards (6) 10 ____ Bagnold, author noted for writing 1935 novel National Velvet (4) 11 John, singer-songwriter noted for his song Jack & Diane (10) 12 Mythical sea monster who was an obstacle to Greek hero Odysseus (6) 14 The Blind ____, novel by Margaret Atwood that won the Booker Prize in 2000 (8) 15 Cardiopulmonary ____, meaning of CPR, an emergency lifesaving procedure (13) 17 A single-tailed lash that is used for working with livestock (8) 19 French city containing the castle of the dukes of Brittany (6) 21 One who lives in a communal settlement in Israel (10) 22 The Green ____, novel by Stephen King adapted into a 1999 film (4) 23 One whose dress or behaviour is regarded as strange or eccentric (6) 24 The final stage of a

period or process (8)

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1 The ____ Woman, 1970s sci-fi TV series starring Lindsay Wagner (6) 2 To fuse metal parts through heat by using e.g. a blowpipe or electric arc (4) 3 Light dishes that are available to customers in pubs (3,5) 4 Semi-aquatic fisheating mammals that live in holts (6) 5 A rate or allowance set at lower than the usual price (10) 6 Bob, jockey who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti (8) 8 Stage and film musical based on the 1905 novel Kipps by H. G. Wells (4,1,8) 13 Hungarian-born inventor who patented the first modern ballpoint pen (6,4) 15 Sequences of actions that

are regularly followed (8) 16 Actress who plays Cora McLean in TV crime drama series Shetland (4,4) 18 Ricky, trainer and ex-boxer born in 1978 and nicknamed The Hitman (6) 20 London-based film studios known for comedies such as Kind Hearts And Coronets (6) 22 ____ River, sung by Audrey Hepburn in the film Breakfast At Tiffany’s (4)

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