GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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1 Thames-side fortress whose ceremonial guardians are called Beefeaters (5,2,6) 8 ____ And The Detectives, children’s book by Erich Kastner published in 1929 (4) 9 Maria ____, Italian educator born in 1870 who pioneered a form of liberal early schooling (10) 10 Orchestral piece by French composer Maurice Ravel (6) 11 One who uses magic or enchantment (8) 12 A professional providing specialised emergency care in support of doctors (9) 14 A slang term for £25 (4) 15 ____ Noren, detective played by Sofia Helin in the Scandi noir TV series The Bridge (4) 16 Source of advice, usually female, in a personal column or on a TV or radio slot (5,4) 20 NATO ____ alphabet, communication system in which letters are identified by code words (8) 21 Musical term for ‘in a lively manner’ (6) 23 A complete turn in canoeing, enabling recovery after capsizing (6,4) 24 Swedish furniture store that began as a mail-order business in 1943 (4) 25 One who spreads or relishes
malicious gossip (13)
DOWN
1 Type of lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum (7) 2 Kim, English singer and TV presenter noted for her 1981 single Kids in America (5) 3 ____ Of The Bailey, TV drama series starring Leo McKern as the titular barrister (7) 4 Private college teaching social etiquette, traditionally attended by young women (9,6) 5 Dermot ____, TV and radio presenter who succeeded Kate Thornton in 2007 as The X Factor host (1’5) 6 The title character’s wife in Shakespeare’s Othello (9) 7 Room in a house set aside for children (7) 13 Country of birth of footballer Lionel Messi (9) 15 Divisions, especially in the unity of the church (7) 17 Ivor ____, Welsh entertainer whose name is remembered in UK awards for songwriting and composing (7) 18 _____ power, electricity generated by the splitting of uranium atoms in a reactor (7) 19 Market town in central Gloucestershire (6) 22 Contending or striving (5)