GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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1 Informal term for worthy types with unpolished manners or dress (5,8)
8 James, NASA administrator after whom a space telescope launched in 2021 is named (4)
9 Looney Tunes cartoon character who was part of a duo with Wile E. Coyote (4,6)
10 Football club nicknamed The Bees, who play at the Hive Stadium (6)
11 A zone to which entry is dangerous, impossible or forbidden (2-2,4)
12 Uncertainty about
one’s competence (4-5) 14 House of ___, directly elected part of the Isle of Man’s parliament (4)
15 The ____, informal
name for Gibraltar (4)
16 An animal’s set of
ancestors or pedigree (9) 20 A person or thing that is
easy to understand (4,4) 21 ____ Forest, area of ancient woodland straddling the London-Essex border (6) 23 Medium-sized
diving ducks (10)
24 Bob, U.S. tennis player noted as a doubles partner of Stan Smith (4) 25 Music played at the beginning or end of a TV or radio programme (9,4)
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1 Historic district of North Yorkshire in the Vale of Pickering (7)
2 The name of eight popes in the Roman Catholic Church (5)
3 ____ Hornblower, naval officer created by C. S. Forester (7)
4 Song in the 1967 film The Jungle Book sung by Louis Prima as
King Louie (1,5,2,4,3)
5 Thirteenth studio album by Fleetwood Mac, released in 1982 (6)
6 Incomparable
or unrivalled (9)
7 Matthew, snooker player born in 1977 nicknamed The Welsh Dragon (7)
13 Downward ____, yoga pose in which the body assumes an inverted V shape (6,3) 15 Birds of prey such as
eagles or hawks (7)
17 To supervise a person
or their work (7)
18 No, No, ____, musical comedy that includes the song Tea For Two (7)
19 ____ Hogg, film director whose work includes Unrelated and Archipelago (6)
22 A Middle Eastern or Indian dish of rice cooked in stock with spices (5)
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