GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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10. Tyre in which the layers of fabric have their cords at right angles to the circumference of the tyre (6)
11. Fictional east London setting of British soap opera Eastenders (7)
12. Part of the mouth also known as the palate (4)
13. Deoxyribonucleic acid (abbr) (3)
14. National park in southwest England covering 954 sq km (8)
15. Good, well done (Maori) (2,3)
16. British architect whose buildings include Regent Street and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton (4)
17. Fourth of the canonical gospels (4)
18. “Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things __”: Sallust (5)
20. Large deep-sea fish closely related to the bass, also known as hapuku (6)
21. First Western to win the Oscar for Best Picture, at the 1931 Academy Awards (8)
23. 1968 Walt Disney comedy film featuring Herbie (3,4,3)
25. Author, born Nantes in 1828, who helped create the genre of science fiction (5)
26. Daughter of Poseidon; also a herb known as fool’s parsley (7)
28. Tapering, conical structure on top of a building, especially a church (5)
31. Dismissive term for any worthless substance sold as a remedy for all ills (5,3)
34. In Greek mythology, the god of wine and fertility, son of Zeus (8)
35. Actress who was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003 (6)
36. Sweet bread roll sprinkled with sugar, whose creation is attributed to William Oliver in the 18th Century (4,3)
37. One of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five (4)
39. US group whose hits included Knock Three Times and Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (4)
40. African animal which hunts in packs (5)
42. A tin mine, especially in Devon or Cornwall (8)
43. A CT or MRI examination (4)
44. Surname of sisters Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah (7)
45. Foods that conform to the Jewish dietary regulations (6) Down
1. New Zealand film director who made Once Were Warriors (1994) and the 2002 Bond film Die Another Day (8)
2. English poet and civil servant known for his 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost (6)
3. Daughter of Ptolemy XI who died in Alexandria in 30BC (9)
4. Scottish traditional entertainment which in the past involved weapons such as the Lochaber axe (5,5)
5. Type of jacket worn by soldiers to protect them from shrapnel and bullets (4)
6. An animal that visually resembles a plant (8)
7. Paul ____: actor who played the role of Jerry Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life (9)
8. Weekly country music stage concert, founded in 1925 in Nashville, Tennessee (5,3,4)
9. French naval officer, conservationist and underwater explorer (8)
19. Razor with a blade that folds into its handle (3-6)
21. Natural phenomenon studied by speleologists (5)
22. Literary character whose lover is Count Vronsky (4,8)
24. American clothing brand founded in 1981 (5)
27. 1927 song which begins ‘Oh, we ain’t got a barrel of money’ (4,2,4)
29. Soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler, composed for the 1983 British film Local Hero (5,4)
30. Tennis player who won the 2018 Australian Open, her first grand slam title (9)
32. “No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a __ after three days”: Plautus (8)
33. The words to songs in an opera (8)
37. Nationality of 30D (6)
38. American singer/songwriter who married Johnny Cash in 1968 (6)
41. Genus of the lily family which includes succulent herbs, shrubs and trees, bearing spikes of flowers and with bitter sap (4)