PUZZLE EXTRA GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. American writer and poet born Boston 1809, credited with inventing detective and science fiction genres (5,5,3)

8. Character in TV series South Park, son of Randy and Sharon (4)

9. Body of water considered one of the most dangerous in the world, named after a naval commander (4,6)

10. Mother of Samantha in the 1960s American TV sitcom Bewitched (6)

11. First name of a German professional golfer and surname of an American comedienne/ actress (8)

12. Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery who first appeared on screen in 1937 (5,4)

14. Spanish Cubist painter and sculptor, born Madrid 1887 (4)

15. French couturier who founded his fashion house in December 1946 (4)

16. Danish author and columnist for Time magazine who has written six books on brands and consumer behaviour (9)

20. Canadian city; African lake; Australian state (8)

21. One half of popular comedy duo; born in New Jersey 1895 (6)

23. French Impressionist artist (1834-1917) known for his paintings of dancers (5,5)

24. Group who went on to sell 380m records after winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest (4)

25. American actress remembered for her role as Baroness Elsa Schrader in The Sound of Music (7,6)

DOWN 1.

Baltic country whose capital was European City of Culture in 2011 (7)

2. Hook-nosed Muppet character whose love interest was Camilla the Chicken (5)

3. Name of three English Kings; two Plantagenet and one House of York (7)

4. Award-winning play by John Osborne which premiered in London in 1956; moving on to Broadway the following year (4,4,2,5)

5. “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the __”: Miguel de Cervantes (6)

6. H.M. Prison, opened 1805, situated on the Isle of Wight (9)

7. People who leave one country to settle in another (7)

13. The __ __, 1974 film starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, directed by Billy Wilder (5,4)

15. Fourth longest serving character on Coronation Street, married four times (7)

17. Body of water used as a health resort since the time of Herod the Great (4,3)

18. Birth month of Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso and Mahatma Gandhi (7)

19. 17th Century English playwright made Poet Laureate in 1668 (6)

22. Colour of racing flag used to summon a driver to the pits (5)