GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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4. Young children abandoned in a wood, featured in a popular pantomime (5)
10. European capital city situated on the Sava and Danube rivers (8)
11. Coarse sponge made from the fruit of a tropical gourd, used to cleanse and scrub the skin (6)
12. The _ __: 1979 cult-classic movie starring Peter Falk and Alan Arkin; a 2003 re-make starred Michael Douglas (2,4)
13. Type of sponge cake named after Italy’s sixth largest city (7)
14. Horse with brown coat, sprinkled with white or grey (4)
15. Bacterial disease which invades the gastrointestinal tract and causes food poisoning (10)
17. Small private park, and neighbourhood, in Manhattan, New York (8)
18. Saint whose feast day is celebrated on December 26 (7)
19. The Royal __ of the Sun: play by Peter Shaffer which centres on the conquistador Pizarro and the Inca leader, Atahualpa (4)
21. “Be amusing; never tell __ stories; above all, never tell long ones”: Benjamin Disraeli (6)
24. “___ a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend: Hamlet (7)
26. American skateboard company founded in 1922 (7)
28. Song recorded by Elvis Costello in 1977 (6)
30. Camouflaged shelter from which to observe wildlife (4)
31. Stream which crosses the 1st and 18th fairways at the Old Course, St Andrews, also the name of the bridge which crosses the stream (7)
34. “I usually describe myself as an __; that’s basically what I’ve been doing since I was a kid”: Elon Musk (8)
36. Artist who produces humorous drawings for a newspaper or magazine (10)
37. Part of the spine (4)
38. Phrase meaning the final stage of a journey or activity (4,3)
39. Headdress made of flowers and leaves, worn as a mark of honour in classical times by victorious competitors (6)
41. One of the three official languages of Luxembourg (6)
42. Person who performs magic tricks (8)
43. Baked goods featured in the nursery rhyme The Queen of
Hearts (5)
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1. Aviatrix who made the firstever solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936 (4,6)
2. Northern Indian city on the Golden Triangle tourist route along with Delhi and Jaipur (4)
3. City on the shores of Lake Geneva where the International Olympic Committee is based (8)
4. Professional American football franchise based in Cincinnati, Ohio (7)
5. Country which was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1941 (6)
6. American singer-songwriter whose albums include The River and The Human Touch (11)
7. Common English title of the waltz (Op. 314) composed by Johann Strauss II in 1866 (4,6)
8. Originally an exchange where merchants met for business, now specifically the Paris stock exchange (6)
9. National flag made up of a diagonal gold cross and four triangles, two green and two black (8)
16. Name of the holiday camp in the TV series Hi-de-Hi (7)
20. “The __ mind devours itself”: Gore Vidal (5)
22. The Cardinal of the ____: Tom
Clancy novel, sequel to The Hunt
for Red October (7)
23. Extinct volcano which is highest peak of a group of hills in Edinburgh (7,4)
25. Deserted or uncharted area behind a coast or a river’s banks (10)
27. Optical lenses which darken when exposed to sunlight (10)
29. Swiss luxury watch company founded in 1832 (8)
32. One of the sections in an orchestra (8)
33. Region of Earth surrounding the Equator (7)
35. “It is better to have a permanent ___ than to be fascinating”: Oscar Wilde (6)
36. Part of a horse’s harness worn around the neck (6)
40. Bird on the Australian coat of arms (3)