GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sinister and ironic wit (7,6) 8 The ___ , nervous twitches before a golf shot (4) 9 French painter and sculptor noted for depicting ballet dancers (5,5) 10 Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in this continent (6) 11 Dark volcanic glass formed by the solidification of lava (8) 12 Rock music festival site in Hertfordshire (9) 14 Christian, Batman actor in Batman Begins (4) 15 An hors d’oeuvre eaten with an aperitif in the eastern Mediterranean (4) 16 Studio album released by Van Morrison in 2017 (9) 20 Autonomous Italian province in the country’s far north (8) 21 Donny, I’ll Make a Man Out of You singer in the film Mulan (6) 23 One who specialises in treating human feet (10) 24 ___ Winton, late In It to Win It National Lottery game show presenter (4) 25 Theresa May’s Cabinet post before becoming PM (4,9)

DOWN

1 Winged mythological creature with a lion’s body and eagle’s head (7) 2 Indian drink made with yoghurt or buttermilk, served cold (5) 3 Aromatic Mediterranean herb used in cooking (7) 4 Aries is the first one (4,2,3,6) 5 Discontent verging on insurrection (6) 6 Banking facility letting a customer take out more money from an account than exists (9) 7 Beer stored in a barrel and pumped without using carbon dioxide (4,3) 13 Ancient Greek city on the Bosporus later called Constantinople (9) 15 Iris, winner of the 1978 Booker Prize with The Sea, the Sea (7) 17 Rough-haired, strongly-built terrier with erect ears (7) 18 Site of the CIA’s headquarters in Virginia (7) 19 Unnatural gaping of the mouth (6) 22 Enchantress who helped Jason to obtain the Golden Fleece (5) SOLUTION TOMORROW