GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

5 To stick fast or observe strictly (6) 7 ______ Nightingale, British nurse noted for her work with British soldiers during the Crimean War (8) 9 Name of the command module on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 (8) 10 Mr. ____ , character in the second book of the Mr. Men series who lives in Roly-Poly House (6) 11 Drugs used to treat high blood pressure and angina (4,8) 13 Relating to the countryside (6) 15 Colloquial term for a day off work for a supposed medical reason (6) 18 Structure spanning the estuary near Hull connecting Yorkshire’s East Riding with North Lincolnshire (6,6) 21 ____ the Frog, leading Muppet often romantically associated with Miss Piggy (6) 22 Poem by Edgar Allan Poe

published in 1845 (3,5) 23 Rigid or unarguable (4-4) 24 ____ borealis, another name for the Northern Lights (6)

DOWN

1 A male performer making a first appearance before the public (8) 2 A small desert-dwelling rodent often kept as a pet (6) 3 Dogs having parents of different breeds (8) 4 Andi, one of Live & Kicking’s original presenters (6) 6 First and smallest part of the small intestine, roughly like a horseshoe in shape (8) 7 Burgundy and the Loire Valley are two major wine regions in this country (6) 8 A passage forming the completion of a musical piece (4) 12 Edgar is the godson of the title character in this Shakespeare tragedy (4,4) 14 A burial ground for the dead (8) 16 The system of knighthood and its social code in feudal times (8) 17 Buster, U.S. silent film comedian and director known as the Great Stone Face (6) 18 _____ Dumpty, fictional character in a nursery rhyme personified as an egg (6) 19 A regulation from a local authority (6) 20 Crumbly white cheese from Greece, traditionally made from ewe’s milk (4)