GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 TV drama series about forensic pathologists originally starring Amanda Burton (6,7) 8 Penelope, Vicky Cristina Barcelona actress (4) 9 Describing roads at a standstill (10) 10 Camillo Benso, Count di ___ , first prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy (6) 11 Joanna, The Rector’s Wife novelist (8) 12 Freddie Mercury actor in Bohemian Rhapsody (4,5) 14 Online consumer and business marketplace for selling and buying goods founded in 1995 (4) 15 Large open container for transporting building materials or refuse (4) 16 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics host city (9) 20 Cross-country skiing (8) 21 In Jewish tradition, the Angel of Death (6) 23 Car accidents in which the driver flees the scene (3-3-4) 24 U.S. satirical TV series adapted from The Thick If It (4) 25 Novel by Victor Hugo published in 1862 (3,10)

DOWN

1 2005 geopolitical thriller film starring George Clooney (7) 2 U.S. singer/songwriter and rapper noted for her single Truth Hurts (5) 3 Its national football team’s nickname is the Super Eagles (7) 4 Cockney rhyming slang for a suit (7,3,5) 5 Henry Fox, early English photography pioneer who lived at Lacock Abbey (6) 6 King Arthur’s sword in Arthurian legend (9) 7 Isle of ____ , island at the mouth of the Thames in Kent (7) 13 Gelatine obtained from sturgeons’ bladders (9) 15 Clumber is a type of this gun dog (7) 17 City known as Abertawe in Welsh (7) 18 Samuel Langhorne _____ , Mark Twain’s real name (7) 19 Rajiv, Indian prime minister assassinated in 1991 (6) 22 Maurice, Pavane For A Dead Princess composer (5) SOLUTION TOMORROW