GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 It was founded in 1929 to educate young people in horse riding (4,4) 9 Old Testament book, the first of the Major Prophets (6) 10 Site of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s tomb (4) 11 Stadium home to England rugby union fixtures since 1910 (10) 12 A glass or clear plastic cover to protect young plants from cold (6) 14 American _____ , 2007 crime film starring Denzel Washington (8) 15 Album released by David Bowie in 1980 (5,8) 17 Feeble or ineffectual youths (8) 19 Lake Baikal is in this country (6) 21 A person who makes articles of clay (10) 22 Billy ___ , Herman Melville’s last novel published posthumously (4) 23 Fred, Australian ex-tennis player (6) 24 The study of Chinese languages and culture (8)

DOWN

1 Name of the dog in The Magic Roundabout (6) 2 ___ Breckinridge, 1968 novel by Gore Vidal (4) 3 Tony, comedian and regular on the TV comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8) 4 Jane, actress noted for her collaborations with Serge Gainsbourg (6) 5 Camille, French composer noted for The Carnival of the Animals (5-5) 6 Human corpses, especially used for transplants or dissection (8) 8 2015 Cold War film starring Tom Hanks (6,2,5) 13 Rhett Butler actor in Gone With The Wind (5,5) 15 _____ , a tall, thin heel on a woman’s shoe (8) 16 Close investigation or examination (8) 18 Bath ____ , kind of unsweetened biscuit (6) 20 A violet blue dye (6) 22 Term for a male alligator (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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