GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Song by rock band Katrina And The Waves that was Britain’s last Eurovision winner in 1997 (4,5,1,5) 8 A poisonous alkaloid found in deadly nightshade (7) 9 Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed (7) 10 To loosen or remove the fastenings from (5) 11 A person in the former Soviet Union who was denied permission to emigrate (9) 12 Gothic novel featuring the characters Mrs Danvers and Maxim de Winter (7) 14 Capital city that will be hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics (5) 15 Landlocked country of west Africa that is named after a river (5) 17 The ____ of the law, the ability of the police to find and catch criminals (4,3) 19 Expression used when guarding against bad luck (5,4) 22 ____ chart, a horoscope based on an individual’s exact place and time of birth (5) 23 Of a woman or female animal, to produce eggs (7) 24 John, U.S. legal thriller writer noted for his 1991 novel The Firm (7) 25 Sliding geological boundary that divides the U.S. state of California (3,7,5)

DOWN

1 An organisation for international co-operation that was founded in 1920 and lasted 26 years (6,2,7) 2 John, South African politician born in 1915, who served as his country’s prime minister and president (7) 3 Month in which Michaelmas is celebrated (9) 4 John, U.S. tennis player born in 1985, noted for his serve (5) 5 ____ ears, perennial herb with downy foliage, also known as the woolly hedgenettle (5) 6 Guy, fictional comic book superhero whose alias is Green Lantern (7) 7 Expression meaning ‘there are no restrictions on the extent of something’ (3,4,3,5) 9 A repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song (7) 13 An oven-baked folded pizza whose name comes from the Italian for ‘trouser leg’ (7) 14 One who brings a case against another in court (9) 16 Paul, French painter born in 1848 whose paintings include The Yellow Christ (7) 18 Walter, U.S. actor who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in the 1966 comedy film The Fortune Cookie (7) 20 Barry, sports promoter and former chairman of Leyton Orient FC (5) 21 Doctrine proclaimed as true by church authorities or sects (5)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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