The Post

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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Across 1. 1989 film which features the quote, “If you build it, he will come” (5,2,6)

8. Sandwich alternativ­e in which the filling is encased in a soft tortilla (4)

9. Home ground of Leeds United Football Club since 1919 (6,4)

10. American author who created the character Jason Bourne (6)

11. Musical film which was incorrectl­y awarded Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards (2,2,4)

12. Actor born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England in 1904 (4,5)

14. Alternativ­e name for Jupiter, the Roman god of sky and thunder (4)

15. “The doors of wisdom are never __”: Benjamin Franklin (4)

16. Derisive term for a large pleasure craft used mainly for entertainm­ent (3,6)

20. Mammal of the raccoon family, Bassariscu­s astutus (8)

21. In the US, free time for students during the school day (6)

23. Name by which the Mona Lisa painting is also known (2,8)

24. Hole at the top of a hot air balloon which enables the pilot to release hot air (4)

25. Spiral slide found at a funfair (6,7) Down 1. Goddess of fate, luck and chance in Roman religion (7) 2. “One passion doth ___ another still”: George Chapman (5) 3. 1974 song by Supertramp, from their Crime of the Century album (7) 4. Archipelag­o in the South Atlantic covering 12,000 sq km (8,7) 5. ___ Searle: British cartoonist who created St Trinian’s School in a series of drawings (6) 6. Any victim of a prank played on the first day of the fourth month (5,4) 7. Native American nation formerly living along the Tennessee River (7) 13. 1968 song released by Gary Puckett and The Union Gap (5,4) 15. Edible plant of Persian origin which is a good source of iron (7) 17. Closely woven cotton fabric used for making bedsheets (7) 18. Oscar-winning actor/director who played the role of Roy Kinsella in 1A (7) 19. Region of central Italy with the the capital Ancona (6) 22. Cat-like mammal which produces a musky scent used in perfumery (5)

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