GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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8 Formerly a legal document demanding court attendance (8) 9 Egyptian deity with a jackal’s head (6) 10 Cook or cookery of a very high standard (6,4) 11 Country formerly referred to as Persia (4) 12 Samuel, U.S. composer noted for his Adagio For Strings (6) 14 Charlie, Derek Thompson’s Casualty role (8) 15 Des, comedian, singer and TV presenter (7) 17 Ancient city of Assyria, near Mosul (7) 20 Body of water bordered to the south by Turkey (5,3) 22 Charlotte, French noble and Marat’s assassin (6) 24 First Asian martial art to become an official Olympic sport (4) 25 The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s Gloucestershire home (10) 27 Edwin, U.S. astronomer with a space telescope named after him (6) 28 Small building near to a main one (8)

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1 Roman goddess of the dawn (6) 2 Informal term for potato (4) 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle with a blue eye mask (8) 4 Agent who collects debts (7) 5 Lapis ____ , blue stone used in jewellery (6) 6 The Tiger Who Came To Tea author (6,4) 7 _______ Road, Watford’s football ground (8) 13 Bob Hope’s comic partner in the Road To... film series (4,6) 16 Professor Cuthbert, Tintin character (8) 18 To hatch or brood eggs (8) 19 Megan, U.S. women’s national football team co-captain (7) 21 Alfred, Franco-British impressionist painter (6) 23 Month named after Rome’s first emperor (6) 26 ___ Man, superhero whose alter ego is Tony Stark (4)