GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 ____ Adams, UK boxer and Olympic flyweight gold medallist in 2012 and 2016 (6) 8 A poisonous substance that is produced inside a living thing (8) 9 A heavy reddish mineral; the chief source of mercury (8) 10 Bring your own ____, meaning of initials BYOB used in invitations (6) 11 Principles or standards by which things must be judged (8) 12 Overture and incidental music composed by Beethoven for a 1787 play by Goethe (6) 13 Cabaret site founded in Paris in 1889 as a dance hall (6,5) 18 Eric, spy novelist

born in 1909 (6) 20 A competitor considered unlikely to be the winner (8) 22 Dog show held annually in Britain since the late 19th century (6) 23 ____ bag, portable container that holds products for personal hygiene (8) 24 Bill Marriott, born in 1932, is

a noted American one (8) 25 An early assessment of casualties to determine the urgency of treatment (6)

DOWN

1 The action or skill of imitating others usually to entertain or ridicule (7) 2 Trilogy of comedy films directed by Edgar Wright that includes Hot Fuzz (8) 3 Pam, co-starred with Robin Williams in the TV series Mork & Mindy (6) 4 A broad-brimmed hat worn in Mexico and the southwest U.S. (8) 5 Weaver in A Midsummer Night’s Dream whose head is turned into that of a donkey (6) 6 Country whose national epic is the poem The Kalevala (7) 8 One who searches for goods that represent good value for money (7,6) 14 A respectful form of address to e.g. a bishop or judge (8) 15 A shrub of warm climates with fragrant white or yellow flowers (8) 16 ____, Lake & Palmer, progressive rock supergroup that was founded in 1970 (7) 17 John, shipping agent who founded a brewery in London in 1787 (7) 19 River that flows through

the centre of Dublin (6) 21 Delicately small and

visually appealing (6)