GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 The state of being

in short supply (8) 9 Georges, artist whose painting inspired a 1983 Stephen Sondheim musical (6) 10 A large group of people or things of a particular kind (4) 11 A valved brass musical instrument with a cup-shaped mouthpiece (10) 12 Specialised language concerned with a particular subject (6) 14 Of a lasting quality (8) 15 One who has a fear of

confined spaces (13) 17 One making his or her first appearance, especially in sport (8) 19 ____ Marsh, former England footballer and TV presenter, with Manchester City from 1972-76 (6) 21 A place where spirits

are manufactured (10) 22 Lower part of the face that could be double or cleft (4) 23 A collective noun

for ants (6) 24 Angela, actress who played Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote (8)

DOWN

1 The white of the eye (6) 2 Ancient city entered by the Greeks using a wooden horse (4) 3 Breakfast At ____, Truman Capote novella and a 1961 film (8) 4 Belgian port city considered the railroad ‘gateway to Europe’ (6) 5 Greg, Olympic long jumper who appeared on Dancing On Ice in 2024 (10) 6 Ollie, Bath rugby union centre who made his debut for England in 2020 (8) 8 Song by Rod Stewart that was a UK No. 1 hit in 1972 (3,4,2,4) 13 A ceremony in which

degrees are conferred (10) 15 Market town in Devon that was the birthplace of St Boniface (8) 16 Activity in fencing intended to deflect or block an incoming attack (8) 18 Roderick, fictional detective played on screen by Patrick Malahide (6) 20 One who has left their own country to settle in other (6) 22 ____ salad, one of lettuce topped with pieces of chicken, cheese, bacon etc. (4)