GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
7 ____ tiger, large wild cat primarily found in India (6) 8 Term for three goals scored by the same player in football (3,5) 9 British fitness coach born in 1986 noted for his high intensity workouts (3,5) 10 Blackcurrant-based soft drink invented by Dr Vernon Charley in the 1930s (6) 11 Another name for the edible dolphinfish found in temperate, tropical and subtropical waters (4-4) 12 One who attempts to gain unauthorised access, usually remotely, to a computer system or network (6) 13 Green public space in New York’s Manhattan that contains the Hallett Nature Sanctuary (7,4) 18 Period in which electricity fails or is cut off (6) 20 Lalo, Argentine-U.S. pianist and composer who wrote the scores for the Dirty Harry film series (8) 22 Hugh, actor who played Peter Laurence in the 2020 TV political drama series Roadkill (6) 23 A telephone system within a building (8) 24 Bullfighters whose task is to kill the bull by a sword thrust between the shoulder blades (8) 25 The former teletext service of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (6)
DOWN
1 ____ artery, blood vessel in the thigh (7) 2 Another name for albumen (3-5) 3 ____ Vikander, Swedish actress who starred alongside Eddie Redmayne in the 2015 film The Danish Girl (6) 4 U.S. rock band noted for the 1986 song We Built This City (8) 5 The Koran, the sacred book of Islam, is written in this language (6) 6 Piece of equipment used for copying a document or picture onto a computer (7) 8 Sea vessels fitted out for the treatment and transport of the sick and wounded in wartime (8,5) 14 Archenemy of British comic book hero Dan Dare (3,5) 15 The directing of a patient, usually by a GP, to a consultant or institution for specialist treatment (8) 16 A fugitive or a horse that bolts (7) 17 Jodie, U.S. author whose novels include My Sister’s Keeper and Nineteen Minutes (7) 19 Safety device in a car that inflates to protect the occupants in a collision (6) 21 A warm sausage, often a frankfurter, served on a long soft roll (3,3)
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