GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Fifth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released in 2001 (8) 9 Crude or unrefined in outlook or language (6) 10 A flat, coloured, ringshaped membrane behind the cornea of the eye with a pupil in the centre (4) 11 Informal term for a fierce attack on someone and their work (7,3) 12 A piece of low-lying land reclaimed from the sea, especially in the Netherlands (6) 14 Combination of symbols that represents a facial expression in text or online messaging (8) 15 A group that manages or controls the activities of an organisation or sport (9,4) 17 The costumes of a theatre or film company (8) 19 Being exhibited (2,4) 21 Reverting to an earlier and inferior condition (10) 22 Cheryl, U.S. actress who played Kris Munroe in the TV crime drama series Charlie’s Angels (4) 23 Robert, German chemist who is credited with inventing a small burner used in laboratories (6) 24 Protective clothing and equipment worn by police in situations where crowds are violent (4,4)

DOWN

1 An unborn offspring in the process of development (6) 2 Florida ____ , a chain of small islands and reefs off the south coast of the U.S. state (4) 3 One who finds it difficult to make decisions (8) 4 ____ Tull, English agriculturist born in 1674 who invented the horse-drawn seed drill (6) 5 Uncalled for or done without good reason (10) 6 The study of the nature of God and religious belief (8) 8 The last of King Henry VIII’s wives (9,4) 13 British TV host and journalist noted for his interviews with U.S. president Richard Nixon (5,5) 15 Elegant or stylish (8) 16 A storage compartment that is above the front passenger seat’s footwell in a motor vehicle (5,3) 18 Large musical instruments with rows of pipes supplied with air and played using a keyboard (6) 20 A very unpleasant and prolonged experience (6) 22 On one’s last ____ , expression meaning ‘near to total exhaustion’ (4)

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