GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 A racing consultant who advises and assists clients over the acquisition of thoroughbred horses (10,5)
8 Temperature scale founded in 1730 and named after a French naturalist (7)
9 A portable cooking apparatus similar to a barbecue (7)
10 ____ Army, the side that defeated the Confederates in the American Civil War (5)
11 Market town in Devon that was a hub for the county’s tin trade (9)
12 One who claims that another has committed an offence (7)
14 A prolonged stay in bed in the morning (3-2)
15 ____ Thicke, singer and producer noted for 2013 song Blurred Lines (5)
17 A trick-taking card game for two (7)
19 Journalist Marjorie Proops was a noted one (5,4)
22 Britpop band who played two concerts at Knebworth in 1996 (5)
23 An opaque watercolour prepared with gum (7)
24 Walking on ____ ____, in a precarious or risky situation (4,3)
25 The giving of the right to vote (15)
DOWN
1 Region in the western North Atlantic where travellers have allegedly mysteriously disappeared (7,8)
2 A small egg-shaped musical instrument with holes for the fingers (7)
3 A member of a holy order founded in 1215 and nicknamed Black Friars (9)
4 A set of cards used in fortune-telling (5)
5 Diane, photographer noted for her portraits of the socially marginalised (5)
6 To surround on all sides (7) 7 Expression meaning ‘to show mental agility’ (5,2,4,4)
9 Kai, German forward who joined Arsenal FC in 2023 (7)
13 To include or absorb in something else (7)
14 A chewy, aromatic black substance used as a sweet and in medicine (9)
16 Legendary hero, the title character of an Old English epic poem in which he aided King Hrothgar (7)
18 ____ May, publication that is a guide to British parliamentary procedure (7)
20 A plant of the agave family with sword-like leaves (5)
21 An instruction for singers or players to all perform together (5)
SOLUTION TOMORROW