GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A person who collects or deals in goods of little value, e.g. old clothes (3-3-4-3) 8 To sharpen (4) 9 A sweater with opening at top that folds over (10) 10 American ____ , 2014 film starring Bradley Cooper as U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (6) 11 Opera about a Cretan king by Mozart that premiered in 1781 (8) 12 Firm elastic tissue in animals or humans (9) 14 ____ Geller, character in the U.S. TV sitcom Friends played by David Schwimmer (4) 15 Tall plant of the mallow family whose pod is used to flavour soups and stews (4) 16 ____ equation, one of the second degree in which at least one term is squared (9) 20 ____ poppy, name given to a flower commemorating the fallen of World War I (8) 21 Jay, furniture restorer who presents the TV show The Repair Shop (6) 23 One offering cosmetic treatment of the hand and nails (10) 24 A loud ringing of a bell or set of bells (4) 25 TV comedy panel game series presented by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer (8,5)

DOWN

1 Barbadian pop and R&B singer born in 1988 noted for her single Umbrella (7) 2 Equipment or an outfit (3-2) 3 ____ history, the traditional observational study of animals or plants (7) 4 A matter that is keenly discussed (7,8) 5 Horatio, British naval commander knighted after the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797 (6) 6 ____ Vikings, U.S. American football team based in Minneapolis (9) 7 Part of an atom containing the protons and neutrons (7) 13 Quentin, U.S. film director who won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Django Unchained (9) 15 Maid of ____ , nickname of French national heroine Joan of Arc (7) 17 Formal discussions of public interest in a legislative or other assembly (7) 18 Frozen coverings on high mountains and on a large scale at the poles (3,4) 19 Member of a strict Roman Catholic order of religious men founded by St Ignatius of Loyola (6) 22 ____ male, one that is dominant among others of its own sex (5)