GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Burrowing rodent with cheek pouches found in the U.S. and Central America (6) 8 Ruth Prawer, German-born U.S. author noted for her novel Heat And Dust (8) 9 Oliver, German ex-striker who scored Germany’s golden goal in the UEFA Euro 1996 final (8) 10 To begin again or continue after interruption (6) 11 The collective vote of a group of people (8) 12 A reddish-orange substance obtained from indigo (6) 13 Byname of the SA, a paramilitary organisation in Nazi

Germany (11) 18 Conveyed or expressed by speech (6) 20 Sue, actress who plays Audrey Roberts in Coronation

Street (8) 22 Harry Potter And The ____ Of Fire, fourth novel in

JK Rowling’s series (6) 23 Studio album by Queen released in 1991 (8) 24 Public holiday in the U.S. and Canada on the first

Monday in September (5,3) 25 René, French ex-Formula One racing driver (6)

DOWN

1 Sloping line used in writing fractions or separating alternatives or ratios (7) 2 One who carries burning incense in religious ceremonies (8) 3 Dark-coloured circular area around the human nipple (6) 4 The 2002-2007 Spider-Man film trilogy director (3,5) 5 The collected texts of Zoroastrian religion (6) 6 Simple card game in which players try to avoid a single unpaired card (3,4) 8 Missouri’s state capital (9,4) 14 1972 Grand National winning horse (4,2,2) 15 Paltry or of very little value (8) 16 The Lord of the Rings character played on film by

Orlando Bloom (7) 17 A short sword used by Roman legionaries (7) 19 Comedian Peter Kay’s home town (6) 21 Alexis, actor who won Celebrity MasterChef in 2016 (6)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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