GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
5 Informal term for empty
talk that is designed to impress (3,3)
7 Small mats that are
put under glasses or bottles (8)
9 Late Oscar-winning composer of the
score for the 1981 film Chariots Of Fire (8)
10 A group of languages of Middle-earth created by the fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien (6)
11 Australian pop duo noted for their
1997 hit song Truly Madly Deeply (6,6)
13 Brigitte, the French former actress noted for her animal rights activism (6)
15 A dishonest person,
a rogue (6)
18 Generic name for a soldier in the Star Wars franchise dressed in unmarked white battle armour (12)
21 Little ____, character in a traditional nursery rhyme who loses her sheep (2-4)
22 Countries or territories
ruled by monarchs (8) 23 Habitual greed or
excess in eating (8)
24 Cox and scull are among terms used in this sport (6)
DOWN
1 A group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas (8)
2 The Rose Of ____, 19th-century Irish ballad about a woman, Mary, noted for her beauty (6)
3 A pale blue colour with
a trace of mauve (8)
4 ____ Bartlett, entrepreneur who became an investor on Dragons’ Den in 2022 (6)
6 José María, Spanish golfer who captained the 2012 European Ryder Cup team to victory (8)
7 A worker employed on an irregular or temporary basis (6)
8 A strategy board game invented in 1957 by Albert Lamorisse (4)
12 Pete, English record producer who was a judge on both series of Pop Idol (8) 14 Emma, actress who played Sybill Trelawney in the Harry Potter film series (8) 16 A final confrontation or test intended to settle a dispute (8)
17 ____ And The Bandit, 1977 road action comedy film directed by Hal Needham (6) 18 A detective or person who
investigates crimes (6)
19 Of a well or river, to cease to
flow or have any water (3,3) 20 A young horse, especially
one under one year old (4)