GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gas that forms the vast majority of the atmosphere of the planet Mars (6,7) 8 Nickname of Sheffield

Wednesday FC (4) 9 U.S. actor who played pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film The Right Stuff (3,7) 10 Roy, writer who created sitcoms Last Of The Summer Wine and Keeping Up Appearances (6) 11 A liquid in which a solid substance has been dissolved (8) 12 A protective garment worn

by astronauts (9) 14 The condition of fitness of

e.g. a horse or athlete (4) 15 The traditional Japanese

sport of wrestling (4) 16 ____ Island, isolated volcanic island in the south Atlantic Ocean belonging to the UK (9) 20 A city sacred to Hinduism on the Ganges River in the state of Uttar Pradesh (8) 21 A gigantic tropical and subtropical grass that is a staple food for pandas (6) 23 The capacity to withstand disappointment and adversity (10) 24 ____ Morrissey, British actor who voiced the lead in the UK children’s series Bob The Builder (4) 25 Small principality located between Switzerland and Austria whose capital is Vaduz (13)

DOWN

1 A small plant of the primula family with fragrant yellow flowers (7) 2 The upright portion of a

step (5) 3 Shellfish that can be eaten as a delicacy or farmed for pearls (7) 4 Traditional term for a subject at school that includes cookery and other household skills (8,7) 5 Expression meaning ‘postponed’ or ‘in abeyance’ (2,4) 6 Hot-headed or rash (9) 7 Informal term for an

irritatingly catch tune (7) 13 A bell tower, especially one

detached from a church (9) 15 ____ Pike, the highest mountain in England that is located in the Lake District (7) 17 Symbolic devices or

badges (7) 18 A native or inhabitant of

the city of Oxford (7) 19 Kim Bodnia, who played Konstantin in TV thriller series Killing Eve, has this nationality (6) 22 Ugo, English ex-rugby union player who became a captain on Question Of Sport in 2021 (5)

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