GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 ____ bar, navigational strip along the edge of a computer window (6) 8 A young male in a band of singers (8) 9 A suspended method of transport used for crossing valleys or ascending mountains (5-3) 10 ____ brick road, a course of action or series of events viewed as a path to a positive goal or outcome (6) 11 Nadia, Romanian former gymnast who won five Olympic gold medals (8) 12 A servile follower (6) 13 English recording executive and TV personality who founded Syco Entertainment in 2005 (5,6) 18 Difficulty or hardship (6) 20 A person who attends competitive horse meetings (8) 22 ____ for Doomed Youth, poem written in 1917 by Wilfred Owen (6) 23 The number of holes on a

standard golf course (8) 24 Slightly dated, colloquial expression for utter nonsense (8) 25 Mistakes in writing or

printing (6)

DOWN

1 An eight-sided figure (7) 2 A cabbage with a turnipshaped stem, also called German turnip (8) 3 A commonplace or platitude (6) 4 A severe disappointment or setback (4,4) 5 A caper or lark (6) 6 An official who holds inquests on those who have died from violence or accidents (7) 8 Sudden stopping of the heart’s pumping action (7,6) 14 English singer/songwriter whose first UK No 1 hit was Please Don’t Let Me Go in 2010 (4,4) 15 A thread or cord used to tie up a bleeding artery (8) 16 Richard, British entrepreneur born in 1950 noted for his powerboat and hot-air balloon record attempts (7) 17 U.S.-born British singer/ songwriter who released her debut studio album Not Your Muse in 2021 (7) 19 To disinter or unearth (6) 21 A young swan (6)

SOLUTION TOMORROW