GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 Song by Leona Lewis that was the UK’s Christmas No 1 in 2006 (1,6,4,4) 8 An error, especially of a public or politically embarrassing kind (7) 9 Cold drink of Spanish origin of red wine variously diluted and sweetened (7) 10 A system for detecting underwater objects using sound (5) 11 ____ Square, pedestrianised area in London’s West End noted for film premieres (9) 12 ____ Fiennes, British adventurer and pioneering polar explorer born in 1944 (7) 14 Appellation for a heavy red or white Burgundy wine (5) 15 Charlie’s predecessor in the NATO phonetic alphabet (5) 17 1960s Western TV series set at the Ponderosa Ranch (7) 19 A moving staircase for carrying passengers up or down (9) 22 A person employed to purchase goods for a store or company (5) 23 The Globe Theatre in London is this type of venue (4-3) 24 Tracy, U.S. singer/songwriter born in 1964 noted for her song Fast Car (7) 25 Describing study or activity additional to a regular academic course (5-10)
DOWN
1 Hogwarts’ headmaster in the Harry Potter series played on film by Richard Harris and Michael Gambon (5,10) 2 Sinéad, Irish singer/ songwriter noted for her 1990 UK No 1 hit Nothing Compares 2 U (7) 3 Artificial language invented by Polish oculist L.L. Zamenhof in 1887 designed for use in international communication (9) 4 Western Austrian state in the Alps noted for its ski resorts whose capital is Innsbruck (5) 5 ____ Els, South African golfer nicknamed The Big Easy (5) 6 A person with views at variance to those considered authoritative in a religion (7) 7 A person with whom a boxer practises (8,7) 9 Anglo-Saxon saint and bishop of Winchester whose feast day is July 15th (7) 13 A large marine stalk-eyed ten-footed long-tailed crustacean used for food (7) 14 Highest peak in Western Europe, the summit of which is in French territory (4,5) 16 The Royal and ____ , club in St Andrews in Scotland regarded as the home of golf (7) 18 Of a very poor standard or quality (7) 20 Humpless, woolly-haired ruminant quadruped used as a beast of burden in the Andes (5) 21 A vehicle capable of great speed especially in a competitive context (5)
SOLUTION TOMORROW