GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 24 ____, 2002 film in which Steve Coogan played Tony Wilson (4,5,6) 8 Colonel, character in the
board game Cluedo (7) 9 In ____, while doing or talking about something else (7) 10 ____ pollution, annoying
or harmful sounds (5) 11 German city that has hosted an annual international toy fair since 1949 (9) 12 Kelsey, actor who announced in 2021 he was leading a reboot of TV sitcom Frasier (7) 14 ____ Akram, ex-left arm bowler and captain of Pakistan, nicknamed the Sultan Of Swing (5) 15 A series of calls made by
a doctor or postman (5) 17 ____ shock, a stress occurring when a body is subjected to sudden changes in temperature (7) 19 A black or grey curly lambskin whose name comes from a city near the Caspian Sea (9) 22 A tree-inhabiting primate, usually with a long tail, native to Madagascar (5) 23 A hard silvery-white metal whose name comes from the Greek goddess of the rainbow (7) 24 Neil, actor who plays DCI John Barnaby in Midsomer Murders (7) 25 Dexys ____, pop rock band founded in 1978, whose lead singer is Kevin Rowland (8,7)
DOWN
1 An active belief in and promotion of other people’s welfare (15) 2 An increase in strength
or quantity (7) 3 Item put on a table to indicate where a diner should sit (5,4) 4 Auguste, sculptor who created the bronze The Gates Of Hell (5) 5 Surrey town that was the birthplace of fitness coach Joe Wicks in 1985 (5) 6 Types of paint applied to an uneven surface as a base layer, usually in preparation for further coats (7) 7 Gifts traditionally given as
tokens of betrothal (10,5) 9 Largest town and capital
of the Isle of Skye (7) 13 Robert, actor who played an evil preacher in the 1955 film The Night Of The Hunter (7) 14 Annual grand slam tennis championship first won by Spencer Gore in 1877 (9) 16 Lacking in experience
or testing (7) 18 Auguste and Louis, French brothers who were early cinematic pioneers (7) 20 A claim that one was elsewhere when a crime is alleged to have occurred (5) 21 The lowest point
in a situation (5)
SOLUTION TOMORROW