GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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8 In music, to narrow
a melodic interval by one semitone (8) 9 ____ rod, British wild flower with a tall stem that is also called common mullein (6) 10 U.S. record label founded
by Berry Gordy in 1959 (6) 11 A grey crystalline form of
carbon used in pencils (8) 12 A Greek dish made of minced lamb, aubergines and tomatoes with cheese sauce on top (8) 13 Dirk, fictional holistic detective created by English writer Douglas Adams (6) 14 Spiced tea originally made in India, usually with milk and sugar added (4) 16 ____ City, place in Kansas dubbed the ‘Wickedest Town In The West’ (5) 17 An absorbent pad used in surgery and medicine for cleaning wounds or applying medication (4) 18 The official language
of Lebanon (6) 20 A region lying
along a shore (8) 23 Immediate assistance given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available (5,3) 24 Name given to a famous NASA space telescope, in operation since 1990 (6) 25 City in Spain that contains
the El Greco Museum (6) 26 Shakespeare tragedy that includes the line ‘As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods’ (4,4)
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1 A long, loose Japanese robe with wide sleeves that is tied with a sash (6) 2 Jack, English snooker player who reached the 2022 World Championship quarter-finals (8) 3 ____ Jagger, Nicaraguan social and human rights advocate born in 1945 (6) 4 ____ of York, a children’s nursery rhyme about a military leader, thought to date back to the 1600s (3,5,3,4) 5 A lengthy and
aggressive speech (8) 6 A child whose parents
have died (6) 7 The name given to the
Asian part of Turkey (8) 15 William Henry, ninth U.S. president who served one month in 1841, the shortest term in office (8) 16 The Great ____, 1940 film starring Charlie Chaplin that was a parody of Nazi Germany (8) 17 A large stork-like bird found in tropical east Africa (8) 19 English pop band whose first UK No 1 hit was You Said No in 2003 (6) 21 A Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds (6) 22 Out of debt or difficulty (6)