GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

7 Pierre-Auguste, French painter born in Limoges in 1841 (6) 8 Chatty Man TV chat show host and comedian (4,4) 9 Josiah, English pottery designer and manufacturer (8) 10 Whole or untouched (6) 11 A self-righteous or hypocritical person (8) 12 Morten, lead singer of Norwegian band A-ha (6) 13 Australian director and producer noted for Moulin Rouge! (3,8) 18 ____ Sprout, English pop band formed in Newcastle in 1978 (6) 20 __ __ stain, deep red, slightly raised birthmark (4,4) 22 Thandie, Crash actress (6) 23 Ex-Harlequins and England rugby union winger turned rugby pundit (3,5) 24 Sophie, actress and 2014 Celebrity MasterChef winner (8) 25 Number of players in a field hockey side (6) 1 _____ Mode, electro pop band noted for their single Just Can’t Get Enough (7) 2 Eva, actress who played Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives (8) 3 René, fictional cafe owner played by Gordon Kaye in the sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo! (6) 4 Miss ______ , wealthy spinster in Great Expectations (8) 5 Northern sea duck (6) 6 Its inaugural World Cup was held in England in 1975 (7) 8 Roman Holiday actress (6,7) 14 Amal Clooney has this nationality by birth (8) 15 ___ ____ Army, formed by Parliamentarians in 1645 that won the English Civil War (3,5) 16 Département in southern central France (7) 17 Lipase is one of these in the human body (7) 19 _____ Whitbread, British ex-javelin thrower (6) 21 _____ Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo actress (6)