GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 A rich cake, typically one containing layers of cream or fruit (6) 8 An evergreen aromatic shrub of the mint family, used as a symbol of remembrance (8) 9 ____ office, a place where births, marriages and deaths are officially recorded (8) 10 A stick used by some indigenous people of North America to propel a dart or spear (6) 11 Sane or intelligent (8) 12 To forbid or prohibit (6) 13 A substance that induces

insensitivity to pain (11) 18 Grant, the Transport Secretary in Boris Johnson’s government, appointed in 2019 (6) 20 A child born in a multiple

birth of nine siblings (8) 22 ____ shopping, the activity of looking at goods displayed in shops without the intention to buy (6) 23 A type of substance that produces an abnormally vigorous immune response (8) 24 Dr. ____, English hard rock band formed in 1971, noted for their song Milk And Alcohol (8) 25 ____ County, a region in southern California that contains Disneyland (6)

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1 Informal term for a modern male having primitive and chauvinistic attitudes (7) 2 A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the Earth’s surface and the poles (8) 3 Richard, explorer who was the first European to discover Lake Tanganyika in Africa in 1858 (6) 4 A thin piece of meat without bones, commonly a special cut of veal (8) 5 A small piece of jewellery thought to give protection against evil or danger (6) 6 Nickname of South Africa’s

national cricket team (7) 8 Flag that is flown above a palace when a monarch is in residence (5,8) 14 Former mining town near Nottingham that is the birthplace of writer D. H. Lawrence (8) 15 ____ War Museum, British national museum commemorating conflict that opened in 1920 (8) 16 Pam, U.S. ex-tennis player noted for her doubles partnership with Martina Navratilova (7) 17 The wish or act of

gaining retribution (7) 19 A short, broad, spoonshaped oar used for moving canoes (6) 21 ____ Piquet, Brazilian ex-racing driver who was Formula One champion three times (6)