GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A supposed in-built mechanism that regulates the physiological cycles and rhythms of living organisms (10,5) 8 Libya’s capital (7) 9 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ call, the appearance of performers after a performance’s end to receive the audience’s applause (7) 10 _ _ _ _ _ Women, lunchtime TV talk show that began in 1999 (5) 11 An old-fashioned term for brave action or feats (7-2) 12 The orizuru or crane is a classic model type in this Japanese art of folding paper (7) 14 Robert, lead vocalist and lyricist of British rock band Led Zeppelin (5) 15 Jo, English comedian and presenter of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice since 2014 (5) 17 An established set of attitudes or outlook (7) 19 Scottish author noted for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road (4,5) 22 Greek island whose resorts include Kavos and Sidari (5) 23 Relating to the use and development of electrical devices in planes and spacecraft (7) 24 Laura, English folk singer/ songwriter noted for her 2013 album Once I Was An Eagle (7) 25 County cricket team whose home ground is Trent Bridge (15)

DOWN

1 1940 air engagement of World War II in which RAF Fighter Command defeated the German Luftwaffe (6,2,7) 2 Major South American river that flows mostly through Venezuela (7) 3 Expression meaning ‘agreed’ or ‘in accord’ (2,3,4) 4 Epic poem by Greek poet Homer the main hero of which is Achilles (5) 5 Cardigan Welsh and Pembroke Welsh are two types of this cattle herding dog breed (5) 6 Technical term for earache (7) 7 Informal term for a male winner of the reality TV show I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! (4,2,3,6) 9 The dead and rotting body and flesh of an animal (7) 13 An annual publication containing a variety of factual information (7) 14 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ From The Edge, 1991 comedy drama film starring Meryl Streep (9) 16 One who attributes a living soul to lifeless objects and natural phenomena (7) 18 End points of railways or other transport routes (7) 20 _ _ _ _ _ Beach, area of Sydney noted for surfing (5) 21 Lion that is the protagonist of The Lion King film series (5)

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