GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Wild mustard with yellow flowers (8) 9 Large wading birds usually with a white plumage (6) 10 Nigel, former chairman of Saracens RFC (4) 11 Architect and urban designer in the English Domestic Revival movement (6,4) 12 Herb, U.S. musician noted for his Ameriachi sound with the Tijuana Brass (6) 14 Cave on the Palatine in Rome where Romulus and Remus were suckled (8) 15 Line at which a batsman stands in cricket (7,6) 17 1987 sci-fi action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (8) 19 ____ Sharks, limited overs county cricket side (6) 21 It is rung at Lloyd’s of London for important occasions (6,4) 22 2019 biopic starring Renée Zellweger (4) 23 ____ Grantham, actor who played Dirty Den in EastEnders (6) 24 His most recent novel was Origin published in 2017 (3,5)

DOWN 1 ____ Crow, U.S. singer/songwriter noted for All I Wanna Do (6) 2 Charles, actor who played Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever (4) 3 Renaissance woodwind instruments (8) 4 To make off suddenly or secretly (6) 5 Former TV soap set in a Midlands motel (10) 6 Town on the river Foyle in Co. Tyrone (8) 8 Late German fashion designer who revived Chanel (4,9) 13 A light shoe with a canvas upper and cord sole (10) 15 One who lies under oath in court (8) 16 _____ Russell, His Girl Friday actress (8) 18 Frederick, surgeon who cared for the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick (6) 20 Enriches with a gift (6) 22 Mountain range on the Franco-Swiss border (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW