General Knowledge Crossword

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3. Vladimir, music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (9) 8. Anthony, author of The Prisoner of Zenda (4)

9. Queen of the United Kingdom since 1952 (9)

10. ‘Little ---’, novel by

Charles Dickens (6) 11. See 23 Down 14. Women’s magazine

founded in 1892 (5) 15. Unit of area equal to 4840 square yards (4) 16. Baton ---, state capital of Louisiana (5) 18. Unit of currency in

Italy (4)

20. Cleo, jazz singer married to John Dankworth (5) 21. Capital of the Pacific

island of Guam (5) 24. Brigitte, actress/ singer once married to the director Roger Vadim (6) 25. ‘The List of Adrian ---’ 1963 film based on a story by Philip Macdonald (9) 26. Brazilian footballer whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento (4) 27. Richard, composer who wrote the Warsaw Concerto (9)

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1. Dostoevsky novel also entitled The Possessed (3,6) 2. Genus of green

freshwater alga (9) 4. White powder consisting of sodium chloride (4)

5. Musical instrument played by humming into it (5)

6. In astronomy, a diffuse cloud of particles and gases (6)

7. Sixth letter in the

Greek alphabet (4) 9. ‘The --- Sanction’, novel by Trevanian (5) 11. John Phillip, composer of The Stars and Stripes Forever (5) 12. Oskar, central character in a Steven Spielberg film (9)

13. 1916 novel by Booth

Tarkington (9) 17. Edward, composer

of Sea Pictures (5) 19. Andre, 1994 US Open tennis champion (6) 22. In the Roman calendar, the ninth day before the ides of each month (5) 23 & 11A 1842 novel by

Gogol (4,5) 24. Alexander Graham, telephone pioneer (4)