GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Kevin, South African tennis player who lost to Novak Djokovic in the 2018 Wimbledon men’s singles final (8) 9 John, English singer/ songwriter who was one half of The Plastic Ono Band formed in 1969 (6) 10 ____ Warwick, U.S. pop and R&B singer born in 1940 noted for the song Walk On By (6) 11 London borough that includes Romford (8) 12 Album released by girl group Little Mix in 2020 (8) 13 A crocodile-like animal of Central and South America (6) 14 Comice and conference are two varieties of this fruit (4) 16 A slender-winged, almost tailless freshwater diving bird (5) 17 Angellica, ex-CBBC presenter who won Celebrity MasterChef in 2017 (4) 18 Enchanter and wise man in Arthurian legend (6) 20 Mount ____ , the highest mountain in the U.S. officially known as Denali (8) 23 River that rises in Northamptonshire and is a tributary of the Thames (8) 24 ____ And The Beast, Christmas pantomime featuring village girl Belle (6) 25 ____ Rice, British TV presenter noted for Treasure Hunt (6) 26 Bundles of papers or information about people (8)

DOWN

1 Colour between blue and violet in a rainbow (6) 2 ____ Aniston, actress who played Rachel in Friends (8) 3 The act of climbing eg stairs or a mountain (6) 4 Single famously recorded by the Righteous Brothers in 1965 and Gareth Gates in 2002 (9,6) 5 Technical name for the collarbone (8) 6 Kinetic and potential are two types of this property in physics (6) 7 The towns of Newquay and Padstow are in this English county (8) 15 Animal that is a symbol of the Republican Party in the U.S. (8) 16 An alloy of copper and tin or zinc once used in making cannons (3-5) 17 The Curious Case Of ____ Button, 2006 fantasy drama film starring Brad Pitt (8) 19 A room in which meat and other food is stored (6) 21 To put a conclusive stop to (6) 22 Colloquial term for a restaurant (6)

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