GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

5 Robinson, fictitious castaway based on Scottish seaman Alexander Selkirk (6) 7 Nationality of former UN secretary general Kofi Annan (8) 9 Lord ____, Scotland’s top law officer (8) 10 Produced by mating genetically similar organisms (6) 11 Roman barrier across northern England first constructed in 122 AD (8,4) 13 Fictional character in the Toy Story franchise mostly voiced by Annie Potts (2,4) 15 University city in Georgia, known as the home of rock bands R.E.M. and The B-52s (6) 18 Ride Of ____, music by Richard Wagner featured in 1979 film Apocalypse Now (3,9) 21 Occupation of Old MacDonald in the nursery rhyme (6) 22 1984 film about a nuclear industry whistleblower, starring Meryl Streep (8) 23 Town at the mouth of the River Mersey on the Wirral Peninsula (8) 24 A lucrative job or enterprise, informally (6)

DOWN

1 Sharon, talent show judge and a ‘lodger’ on 2024’s Celebrity Big Brother (8) 2 US state whose capital is Carson City (6) 3 Pizza whose name is said to derive from Neapolitan fishermen returning home (8) 4 A fleshy filament growing from the mouth or snout of a fish (6) 6 A heating device whose types include column and vertical (8) 7 Musical for which TV series Rise Of The Pink Ladies is a prequel (6) 8 Playing cards that count the highest in trick-taking card games (4) 12 Push the ____, phrase meaning ‘to test limits when trying out new ideas’ (8) 14 Inflammation in the lining between the lungs and ribs (8) 16 ____ The Wake, leader of local resistance to the Norman Conquest (8) 17 Gordon, chef who created cookery reality show Hell’s Kitchen (6) 18 Flat part on either side of the head between the forehead and ear (6) 19 Marc, French former footballer who played for West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers (6) 20 Maori traditional dance performed by New Zealand rugby union teams (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW