GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Animals without a backbone (13) 8 A great distance away (4) 9 Describing education preparing one for a specific, technical occupation (10) 10 Marlon, U.S. actor who starred as Terry Malloy in the 1954 film On The Waterfront (6) 11 Kenneth, Scottish tenor who made regular TV appearances on Hogmanay in the 1960s and 1970s (8) 12 Eating food in big quantities or eager in a pursuit (9) 14 Planet Of The _ _ _ _ , 1968 sci-fi film starring Roddy McDowall and Charlton Heston (4) 15 The number of Olympic gold medals won by British sailing champion Ben Ainslie (4) 16 City-state on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula founded by Stamford Raffles in 1819 (9) 20 Youngest daughter of the title character in Shakespeare’s King Lear (8) 21 Ian, Scottish crime novelist who created Inspector John Rebus (6) 23 New Year’s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , an undertaking made for the coming year (10) 24 A street or yard of stabling often converted into dwellings or garages (4) 25 Scottish snooker player who was seven-time world champion in the 1990s (7,6)
DOWN
1 Thriller novel by Dan Brown published in 2013 (7) 2 Lasse, Finnish former long distance runner nicknamed The Flying Finn (5) 3 Pasta in envelopes with a filling of cheese, meat or vegetables, usually served with a sauce (7) 4 The act of removing an offending member from a religious community (15) 5 An examination that is sat for a second time (6) 6 Another term for ‘goodbye’ (6-3) 7 Doctor-priests or medicine men working by magic (7) 13 A leisure facility specialising in water-based pursuits (9) 15 Brandon, lead singer of the U.S. rock band The Killers (7) 17 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ estuary, waterway formed from the Dordogne and Garonne rivers near Bordeaux (7) 18 The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Children, children’s book by E. Nesbit published in book form in 1906 (7) 19 Brian, Nottingham Forest manager who oversaw two consecutive European Cup triumphs in 1979 and 1980 (6) 22 A wanderer or itinerant (5)
SOLUTION TOMORROW