GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

7 1994 comedy western film starring Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster (8)

9 Private school founded in 1572 that has an annual celebration called Churchill Songs (6)

10 ____ grenade, one that is designed to incapacitate its target temporarily (4)

11 A good instinct for selecting clothes that suit the wearer (5,5)

12 World War Two veteran and father of Homer in The Simpsons (6)

14 A term for an actor (8)

15 Informal expression for ‘to understand’ (3,3,7)

17 The answer to a problem or puzzle (8)

19 Reluctant or disinclined (6)

21 A military figure who acts as an assistant to a senior officer (4-2-4)

22 ____ Gullit, former Netherlands attacking midfielder and Chelsea FC player-manager (4)

23 Samuel, British-Canadian merchant born in 1787 who founded the first regular Atlantic steamship line (6)

24 ____ glands, organs on the side of the face that generate lubricating fluid in the mouth (8)

DOWN

1 Get ____, 1971 crime film starring Michael Caine and set in Newcastle (6)

2 Sean, English actor who played Ned Stark in Game Of Thrones (4)

3 A small tub-like garden ornament filled with water (8)

4 Simple or restrained in taste and style (6)

5 Environmental movement that was founded in 1971 in Vancouver in Canada (10)

6 Irish port in County Wexford near the southeasternmost point of the country (8)

8 People who cannot control their desire to steal things (13)

13 A champagne bottle of eight times the standard size (10)

15 ____ Goodwood, popular term for a five day annual horse racing festival held in West Sussex (8)

16 Describing a carpet or rug that has long, rough fibres (8)

18 ____ Staunton, actress who played cook Mrs Blatherwick in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee (6)

20 A geometric figure having four equal sides and four right angles (6)

22 Gigi, Italian former centre forward who scored a record

35 goals for his country (4)