GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Popular name of an outlaw born in 1671 sometimes described as Scotland’s Robin Hood (3,3) 8 A metric unit of mass equivalent to approximately 2.205 pounds (8) 9 A container for keeping baked goods (5,3) 10 U.S. term for property or land (6) 11 ____ Novels, series of historical novels by Walter Scott published between 1814 and 1832 (8) 12 The ____ Night, oil painting by Vincent van Gogh created in 1889 (6) 13 Fictional plasterer, character who boasted about his wealth invented by Harry Enfield (11) 18 A hand tool with a steel blade used for shaping or working wood, stone or metal (6) 20 _____ Mountains, range in the Scottish Highlands whose name derives from an ancient battle site (8) 22 Hebrew prophet with a book in the Old Testament (6) 23 To entice or lure by cajolery (8) 24 ____ hour, phrase meaning ‘the latest possible time’ (8) 25 A sharp, pricking pain in the side induced often by running (6)

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1 A periodical publication dealing with matters of current interest in a particular sphere (7) 2 British producer, composer and keyboardist who pioneered the genre of ambient music (5,3) 3 One of a pair of concave plates of brass or bronze struck together to produce a ringing sound (6) 4 In the open air or outdoors (8) 5 The Night of the ____ , a stage play by Tennessee Williams later adapted as a 1964 film starring Richard Burton (6) 6 A heraldic emblem in the form of a St Andrew’s cross (7) 8 Scottish former football player who gained an all-time record 102 caps for his country (5,8) 14 Miami ____ , American football team who play at the Hard Rock Stadium (8) 15 Clear or directly stated (8) 16 Scotland’s national flower (7) 17 William, Scottish national hero played by Mel Gibson in the 1995 film Braveheart (7) 19 Derogatory term for a domestic worker or drudge (6) 21 To counsel or give guidance to (6)

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