GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 André and Édouard, French industrialists who began a hotel and restaurant guide for motorists in 1900 (8) 9 Mr ____ , butler in Downton Abbey played by Jim Carter (6) 10 Simba is such an animal in film animation (4) 11 One who feigns or exaggerates illness in order to avoid work (10) 12 A cocktail based on light rum with added curacao and fruit juices (3,3) 14 An appraising glance or quick examination (4-4) 15 English singer/songwriter whose debut solo album was Faith released in 1987 (6,7) 17 A long-distance running race of just over twenty-six miles (8) 19 Ellie, police detective played by Olivia Colman in the TV crime drama series Broadchurch (6) 21 Costume worn at a party to represent a noted type or character (5,5) 22 Chris, U.S. comedian who voiced Marty the Zebra in the Madagascar film franchise (4) 23 Gareth, English choirmaster who directed Military Wives on their 2011 UK Christmas No 1 hit Wherever You Are (6) 24 The U.S. state of Florida borders this ocean (8)

DOWN

1 ____ Khrushchev, Soviet leader who became his country’s first head of state to visit the U.S. in 1959 (6) 2 Jackie, professional name of Hong Kong martial artist and actor born in 1954 (4) 3 The fitting and repair of pipes relating to a building’s water supply, sanitation or heating (8) 4 Important or influential, often as representative of a culture or movement (6) 5 A general brawl (4-3-3) 6 A coarse powder used as a fertiliser and in animal feed (8) 8 Former South African president played on film by Morgan Freeman and Idris Elba (6,7) 13 English businessman who was a pioneer of tourism in the Victorian period (6,4) 15 Nationality of Kofi Annan, United Nations SecretaryGeneral from 1997 to 2006 (8) 16 A loose under-bodice with thin shoulder-straps (8) 18 Tony, former lead singer of the British New Romantic pop group Spandau Ballet (6) 20 Ancient Greek mathematician noted for his treatise on geometry, the Elements (6) 22 The smallest pig in a litter (4)

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