GENERALKNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across

7. In sport, an extra opportunity to qualify for a championship competition (4,4)

9. Area between the arm and the thoracic wall (6)

10. “It is more difficult to __ on top than to get there”: MiaHamm(4)

11. Capital city ofAruba (10)

12. Astable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron (6)

14. Largest of the Balearic Islands (8)

15. Perennial herbaceous plant of the poppy family (8,5)

17. Behind __ __, song recorded byTheWho in 1971 (4,4)

19. ___ Place, American soap operawhich aired between 1964 and 1969 (6)

21. Coastal city in southeastern Bangladesh (10)

22. Species of soundless Eurasian swan (4)

23. American actorwho voices the character Felonious Gru in the Despicable Me film series (6)

24. Yard where railway coaches are manoeuvred (8)

Down

1. Style of British pale ale, the colour of which can range fromgold to dark amber (6)

2. Circular current ofwater (4)

3. “Iam___ on a Crag of Superiority in an ocean of soldiers”: WilfredOwen (8)

4. Capital city ofTheGambia (6)

5. Person sent to a foreign country to promote Christianity (10)

6. Neat and smart in appearance (5,3)

8. Aposition or entitlement that will only be achieved by someone’s passing (4,4,5)

13. Group known as‘the Fab Four’(3,7)

15. Dividingwall between separate compartments inside an aircraft (8)

16. An underground temple or tomb (8)

18. Something that happens annually (6)

20. Volatile and flammable component of petrol (6)

22. Traditional story, typically involving supernatural beings or events (4)