GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 A system of writing with pictures that represent words or sounds (13)

8 Rock Of ____, jukebox musical that features classic rock songs from the 1980s (4)

9 Seaside town on England’s south coast, near to Beachy Head (10)

10 Joseph, Soviet leader whose adopted surname means Man Of Steel in Russian (6)

11 To leave one’s own country in order to settle permanently in another (8) 12 Professional name of the U.S. lyricist who wrote the words for the song High Hopes (5,4)

14 Mercian king noted for his dyke built along the Anglo-Welsh border (4)

15 ____ Edwards, presenter who hosts the TV quiz show Impossible (4)

16 A public walkway typically along the seafront at a resort (9)

20 A rope fixed a long way above the ground upon which acrobats walk (4,4)

21 The Return Of The ____,

Thomas Hardy novel (6)

23 Powers to which numbers

must be raised to get some other number (10)

24 ____ Schumacher, winner of six Formula One races and younger brother of Michael (4)

25 Flat triangular bone in humans that connects the humerus to the collarbone (8,5)

DOWN

1 A meal eaten in the

late afternoon (4,3)

2 A wooden frame for holding an artist’s work (5)

3 Relating to a large

expanse of sea (7)

4 Species of bat found in the UK that is about the size of a plum (6,9)

5 ____ domain, the status of a work that is not subject to copyright (6) 6 A painkiller and antiinflammatory drug (9)

7 Frank, U.S. singer and actor whose films included Pal Joey and Von Ryan’s Express (7)

13 An espresso coffee with a dash of steamed milk (9)

15 Disastrous or

destructive (7)

17 A small vessel used in underwater exploration or scientific research (7) 18 To transfer power to a lower level, especially from central to local government (7)

19 A decoration on the top of a gable or spire, sometimes in the form of a spike (6)

22 The ____ Trail, looping Devonshire walking route that was named for novel by Henry Williamson (5)