GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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8 A clash or confrontation by which an issue or argument may be finally settled (8) 9 An imaginary, ideal society (6) 10 Fictional substance to which comic-book hero Superman is vulnerable (10) 11 Deciduous and semideciduous trees with ovalshaped leaves tapering to a point with serrate edges (4) 12 _ _ _ _ _ _ park, enclosed area where non-native, wild animals roam freely on view to the public (6) 14 Those who seize supreme power or authority without just cause (8) 15 Ben, U.S. actor who played David Starsky in the 2004 film adaptation of Starsky & Hutch (7) 17 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bar, place for singing pop songs to accompanying backing music (7) 20 A trial performance by an applicant for an acting or musical part (8) 22 _ _ _ _ _ _ Mahler, Austrian Jewish composer and conductor who wrote the Resurrection Symphony (6) 24 _ _ _ _ Beret, a soldier working for a United Nations peace-keeping force (4) 25 Round, semi-sweet biscuits made from wholemeal flour (10) 27 The Two Gentlemen Of _ _ _ _ _ _ , early comedy by William Shakespeare (6) 28 Fast travelling, high seawaves caused by underwater earthquakes (8)
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1 A mountain guide or porter, especially in the Himalayas (6) 2 Multi-Coloured _ _ _ _ Shop, 1970s and 1980s children’s TV show presented by Noel Edmonds (4) 3 Carbon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , a colourless, odourless, very toxic gas formed from the incomplete combustion of carbon (8) 4 A piece of old furniture or other object sought by collectors (7) 5 A writing table combined with a chest of drawers (6) 6 Restrictions on the placement of fielders in limited overs cricket (10) 7 German World War II battleship sunk in 1941 whose wreck was found in 1989 (8) 13 Debut single by British-Irish boy band The Wanted released in 2010 (3,4,3) 16 1994 action comedy film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis (4,4) 18 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Gloop, gluttonous child in Roald Dahl’s story Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (8) 19 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Of The Round Table, chivalric inner circle who supported the legendary King Arthur (7) 21 _ _ _ _ _ _ summer, unseasonably warm autumnal weather (6) 23 2001 French-language romcom film starring Audrey Tautou as a waitress (6) 26 The leader of prayer in a mosque (4)