GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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6 Bird traditionally eaten at Christmas (5) 7 New Year’s Eve, especially in Scotland, and the celebration associated with it (8) 10 A container for writing fluid usually fitted into or standing on a desk (7) 11 Alan, English actor who played Harry in the 2003 Christmas romantic comedy film Love Actually (7) 12 Séamus, right back and captain for Everton FC and the Republic of Ireland (7) 13 A cocktail made with brandy, orange liqueur and lemon juice (7) 14 John Entwistle and Paul McCartney are noted players of these instruments (4,7) 19 ____ This City, 2018 UK Christmas No 1 hit for LadBaby (2, 5) 21 Actor who played Santa Claus in the 2003 Christmas fantasy film Elf (2, 5) 23 ____ Miss Daisy, 1989 comedy film starring Morgan Freeman that won the Best Picture Oscar (7) 25 Part of an Arctic landscape that sunk the passenger liner RMS Titanic in 1912 (7) 26 A person posted on guard (8) 27 Ten of these are a-leaping in the lyrics of The Twelve Days Of Christmas song (5)
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1 Another term for a reading group (4,4) 2 To make amends or atonement for (6) 3 Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 (1,4,5) 4 ____ Stravinsky, Russian-born composer who wrote the music for the ballet Petrushka (4) 5 Road surfacing of broken stone mixed with a bituminous substance (6) 6 How The ____ Stole Christmas!, children’s book by U.S. author Dr Seuss published in 1957 (6) 8 Mountainous region in ancient Greece associated with an idyllic, rural lifestyle (7) 9 Peter, British-Australian singer songwriter who made the 2006 album A Whole New World with his then wife Katie Price (5) 13 All-girl group who had three consecutive UK Christmas No 1 hits in the late 1990s (5,5) 15 A device for transporting people up a mountain slope in winter resorts (3-4) 16 A white wine from Loire Valley (8) 17 A large variety of turnip with yellow flesh (5) 18 Raymond, English illustrator and author who created the children’s book The Snowman (6) 20 George, character played by James Stewart in the 1946 Christmas fantasy film It’s A Wonderful Life (6) 22 Traditional or time-honoured (3-3) 24 ____ Kelly, actor and dance who starred in the 1952 musical film Singin’ In The Rain (4)