GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

5 Alkaloid drug that dulls mental or physical sensation (6) 7 Players of a stringed musical instrument called a Bratsche in German (8) 9 Lawless (8) 10 An affixed bill or ticket indicating the contents of a consignment (6) 11 Title of the second book in Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings trilogy (3,3,6) 13 The ___ , strait of the English Channel between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (6) 15 Emmanuel, French president first elected in 2017 (6) 18 Nickname of King William I of England (3,9) 21 ____ the Sailor, fictional mariner of Middle Eastern origin (6) 22 Informal term for students in their first year at college or university (8) 23 Large round metal pot used for cooking over a fire (8) 24 Greg, Australian golfer nicknamed The Great White Shark (6)

DOWN

1 René, Belgian surrealist painter born in 1898 (8) 2 Form of modern electronic music with a very fast beat (6) 3 Stephen, U.S. lyricist noted for West Side Story (8) 4 Field athletics event in which competitors throw a round object from a circle (6) 6 A building serving as a burial place of great people, such as those in Paris and Rome (8) 7 ____ Meldrew, character played by Richard Wilson in One Foot In The Grave (6) 8 River on which Middlesbrough stands (4) 12 Part of a city that is inaccessible through, say, the erection of barricades (2-2,4) 14 ______ Roosevelt, U.S. president 1901-09 (8) 16 The town of Crewe is in this English county (8) 17 Informal term for a scientist (6) 18 Juliet’s cousin who kills Mercutio in Romeo And Juliet (6) 19 New York City borough which contains JFK Airport (6) 20 Italian city noted for its leaning circular cathedral bell tower (4)