GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
7 An insect with limegreen wings and a white body (4,4)
9 Thuggish or
violent types (6)
10 1998 song by the Goo Goo Dolls that reached No. 3 in the UK charts in 2011 (4) 11 Actor who hosts the UK version of quiz show Jeopardy! in its 2024 revival (7,3)
12 Monty Magpie is the official one for Newcastle United FC (6)
14 Informal term for a person who acts in a shrewd and manipulative way (8)
15 Musician and band leader noted for his jazz standard, Watermelon Man (6,7)
17 Revolving device in a machine used to increase its momentum (8)
19 Simon, actor who played Clarence Marylebone in TV series Outlander (6)
21 English name for the West African country whose largest city is Abidjan (5,5) 22 Traditional Japanese footwear similar to flip-flops (4)
23 Kansas City ____, U.S. football team who first won the Super Bowl in 1970 (6)
24 ____ Grappelli, French jazz
violinist born in 1908 (8)
DOWN
1 The skin or fur of
the coypu (6)
2 Planet that contains the huge canyon Valles Marineris (4)
3 Christina, Victorian poet noted for her poem Remember (8)
4 ____ Andrews, dummy used by ventriloquist Peter Brough (6)
5 A large game bird with white-spotted plumage and a loud call (6,4)
6 TV drama series which featured Una Stubbs as landlady Mrs Hudson (8)
8 Those with a condition that affects a body’s ability to clot blood (13)
13 One employed to support vulnerable, infirm or disadvantaged people (4,6)
15 Sweetmeats containing sesame seeds, honey, nuts and saffron (8)
16 Subtle details or
distinctions (8)
18 An explanation given to
justify a fault or offence (6) 20 An excursion taken
for pleasure (6)
22 Isa, TV presenter and cricket commentator born in 1985 (4)