GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 The first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, introduced at the 1908 Olympics in London (6,7) 8 ____ Ferguson, Brighton & Hove Albion FC striker born in 2004 (4) 9 US space shuttle orbiter that disintegrated after launch in 1986 (10) 10 A grain used for food such

as maize or wheat (6) 11 The ____ Man, 1980 film about Joseph Merrick, directed by David Lynch (8) 12 Former tennis player who hosted A Question Of Sport (3,6) 14 Third studio album by Spandau Ballet, released in 1983 (4) 15 Charles, actor who narrated 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (4) 16 African island country whose official language is Portuguese (4,5) 20 Having a pleasant

or sweet smell (8) 21 Relating to apes

or monkeys (6) 23 Constellation in the northern sky named after Andromeda’s mother (10) 24 John, Cumbrian huntsman who was celebrated in a 19th-century song (4) 25 2002 UK top ten single by Madonna, her only Bond theme to date (3,7,3)

DOWN

1 Jon, filmmaker who created the space western series The Mandalorian (7) 2 A spirit of Arabian folklore, often depicted as being within an oil lamp (5) 3 Mordecai, Canadian writer noted for his 1997 novel Barney’s Version (7) 4 US body that is equivalent to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (5,10) 5 River and department

in central France (6) 6 Australian swimmer born in 1982 who won 11 World Championship gold medals (3,6) 7 Evelyn, Scottish percussionist who was born in 1965 (7) 13 Novel by P. C. Wren about brothers joining the French Foreign Legion (4,5) 15 Alex, author who wrote and directed the 2015 sci-fi film Ex Machina (7) 17 Patron saint of hunters

and firefighters (7) 18 Cloth, curtains or clothing

hanging in loose folds (7) 19 A stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or reef (6) 22 Funky ____, song by Jasper Carrott that reached No. 5 in the UK charts in 1975 (5)

SOLUTION TOMORROW