GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

5 Shirley, singer who has recorded theme songs for three Bond films (6) 7 Keith, co-founder and guitarist of the Rolling Stones (8) 9 Connecticut’s state capital (8) 10 Silvery white metal discovered by Swedish chemist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt in 1751 (6) 11 Large dog with a black and tan coat named after a Scottish nobleman (6,6) 13 Giant in Greek mythology whose cattle Heracles retrieved as a labour (6) 15 Homer and Marge Simpson’s youngest child (6) 18 The Phantom of the Opera novelist (6,6) 21 The kick of a gun or firearm when discharged (6) 22 Russian space centre in Kazakhstan (8) 23 Protein in bones and tendons that can be turned into

gelatin (8) 24 ____ O’Carroll, actress who plays Winnie McGoogan in

Mrs Brown’s Boys (6)

DOWN

1 U.S. daily national newspaper launched in 1982 (3,5) 2 A magnate or dominant figure in business (6) 3 Drug or poison derived from monkshood or wolf’s bane (8) 4 Fourth sign of the zodiac straddling June and July (6) 6 Edible shellfish and a source of mother-of-pearl (8) 7 Daisy, actress who played Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (6) 8 A muntjac is a small type of this animal (4) 12 Alcoholic preparations sweetened and flavoured with aromatic substances (8) 14 The science of diseases (8) 16 Grotesque spout projecting from the gutter of a building (8) 17 ____ Island, site in Table Bay where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned (6) 18 Search engine company owned by Alphabet Inc.

headquartered in Mountain View, CA (6) 19 Rembrandt’s birthplace (6) 20 “The Biggest Little City in the World” in Nevada (4)