GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 1939 film that won ten Oscars and includes the line ‘Frankly, my dear,

I don’t give a damn’ (4,4,3,4) 8 A square cap worn by

Roman Catholic clergy (7)

9 ____ pregnancy, one in which a fertilised egg implants itself outside of the womb (7)

10 A likeness or representation

of a person or thing (5)

11 Dance Of The ____ Fairy, movement in the ballet The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky (5,4)

12 A period of play in cricket in which overs are played continuously until a formal break (7)

14 A large wicker basket

for holding fish (5)

15 Britpop band whose first UK No. 1 hit was Some Might Say in 1995 (5)

17 Final passes by teammates to those who score goals in football (7)

19 Making a drawing that is rough and lacking detail, often before a more finished work (9)

22 An official in ancient Rome who sought knowledge of the future by observing birds (5)

23 David, Northern Ireland politician who was its first First Minister from 1998 to 2002 (7)

24 The central part of a

city in the U.S. (7)

25 The death of young children

under the age of one (6,9)

DOWN

1 Dante ____ , English poet and artist who was a cofounder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 (7,8)

2 Members of a royal English house which included Kings William I and II (7)

3 Jehovah’s ____ , a millenarian Christian denomination whose magazine is called The Watchtower (9)

4 The ____ Of A Clown, song by Smokey Robinson

And The Miracles (5)

5 ____ key, one on a keyboard that ends a line of text or executes a command (5)

6 ____ buying, the purchase

of goods on a whim (7)

7 System of money in which the main units are divided into parts or powers of ten (7,8)

9 Machines with moving parts that convert power into motion (7)

13 Song by John Lennon that was covered at the 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony (7) 14 ____ Parry, character who becomes Rodney’s wife in Only Fools And Horses (9)

16 High ____ , the chief executive officer of the Crown in a county in England and Wales (7)

18 Title of address used of or

to Italian-speaking men (7)

20 ____ crew, members of an aircraft who look after its passengers (5)

21 One who is a dedicated player of e.g. Fortnite that was released in 2017 (5)

SOLUTION TOMORROW