GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Across
10. South Korean car manufacturer which went bankrupt in 1999 after the 1997 Asian financial crisis (6)
11. “A hero is someone who voluntarily walks into the ___”: Tom Hanks (7)
12. Furniture retailer founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad (4)
13. Self-contained section within a larger musical composition (8)
14. German city which lies on the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest, once part of a German dynasty (5)
15. The ___, British weekly women’s magazine which has been in continuous publication since 1885 (4)
16. Informal term for the right to choose something first (4)
17. Winged footwear of Greek deity Hermes (7)
19. Crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference (6)
20. ___ Limit, film starring Chris O’Donnell and Temuera Morrison, partly filmed in New Zealand (8)
22. City in the north-eastern corner of Oklahoma (5)
23. Multi-stage fitness test created by Luc Leger in 1982 (4)
25. Name which comes after actress Kim and before tennis player Djokovic (5)
26. Range of hills that cover the counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and
Gloucestershire (7)
28. Ship’s officer in charge of equipment and the crew (5)
31. Potentially fatal respiratory disease which originated in China in 2003 (4)
33. Chemical element discovered in 1899 by Ernest Rutherford and Robert B. Owens (5)
35. One of the oldest towns in Ireland, whose name means ‘bridge at the ford’ (8)
37. White chemical element, symbol Ba (6)
38. Decaying vegetation and manure used as a fertiliser in the garden (7)
39. Cruciferous plant formerly grown as a source of blue dyestuff (4)
40. Malayan or Indonesian dagger with wavy blade (4)
41. Birds known for their long, beautiful songs (5)
43. Televised fundraising event, popular in the 1980s and 90s (8)
44. Mount __, mining city in Queensland (3)
45. Bird which is only found on the island of Hawaii (4)
46. Poker hand that ranks below three of a kind (3,4)
47. In the forefront of fashion (6)
Down
1. Political cause followed by Scots who rose in armed rebellion against the British government in 1745 (8)
2. Posts on Twitter (6)
3. Scientific tests used in the investigation of crimes (9)
4. Men’s pleated, skirt-like garment which is part of Balkan folk dress (10)
5. Brace extending from rear of a keel to the rudder post (4)
6. Stress hormone released by the adrenal glands (8)
7. Coloured geometrical patterning in knitting (8)
8. English Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army along with his wife Catherine (7,5)
9. Word widely associated with journalists and newspapers, but which originated in US Civil War prison camps (8)
18. Treatment given for snake bites (9)
20. Roman counterpart of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love (5)
21. _____ Gully, four-lane motorway under construction north of Wellington (12)
24. Logo of the World Wide Fund for Nature (5)
27. Video Killed The ___ ___: first music video shown on MTVwhen it launched in 1981 (5,4)
29. Green sauce comprising of chopped parsley, lemon zest and garlic (9)
30. Platform for the driver and fireman on a locomotive (9)
32. Words spelled by rearranging the letters of another word (8)
34. Roman cavalry officer whose title meant‘leader of ten men’(8)
36. Song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna in 2012 (8)
39. Historic market town in Oxfordshire, famous for its woollen blankets (6)
42. Short gaiter worn over the instep and ankle (4)