GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Across 1. Pie traditionally served in the United States at Thanksgiving (7) 4. Compact car manufactured by Ford since 1998 (5) 7. Neurotoxic protein used in medicine and cosmetics (5) 10. Pungent red powder also known as Guinea spice and bird pepper (7) 12. Most populous island in the Lhaviyoni Atoll, part of the Maldives (7)
13. Million ___, song released by Lady Gaga in November 2016 (7)
14. ___ & Hooligans, debut studio album by American singer Bruno Mars (7)
16. Daughter of the king of Oechalia who unwittingly was the cause of Heracles’ death (4)
18. John __, early English settler in North America who became the husband of Pocahontas (5)
19. Plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with the varieties wild, yellow and lesser (10)
23. King of the Pride Lands in the 1994 film The Lion King (6)
25. A place of religious retreat for Hindus (6)
28. Steep, sudden plunges by aircraft, done deliberately or accidentally (9)
29. Set of six people who perform together (6)
32. Director of the films Cocoon and A Beautiful Mind (6)
33. Porcine-shaped containers used to save small change, dating back to the Middle Ages (10) 36. Word used in northern England for a deep, wooded ravine (5) 37. The name of 12 Roman Catholic popes (4) 39. 19th former pupil of Eton to become British Prime Minister (7) 42. Custom-made items for an individual or business (7) 43. Landlocked, mountainous sovereign state in western Asia (7) 44. Method used by several Nazi leaders to commit suicide after the fall of the Third Reich (7) 45. A tenth of one’s income paid to the church during the Middle Ages (5)
46. English romance novelist who wrote Me Before You (5)
47. English painter and social critic, 1697-1764, best known for his series A Rake’s Progress (7)
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1. Opera by English composer Benjamin Britten which premiered in 1945 (5,6)
2. Actor who played the role of attorney Louis Canning in the legal drama The Good Wife (7,1,3)
3. Another name for laparoscopic surgery (7)
4. Austrian neurologist who was the founder of psychoanalysis (5)
5. State capital of New Hampshire (7)
6. Irish county in the Border region (5)
7. Word which precedes band and rubbing (5)
8. Traditional hut with a conical roof in the Italian region of Apulia (6)
9. Name with Greek origins which means ‘blonde-haired’ (6)
11. “When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the __ of your friends”: Orson Welles (5)
15. Fictional captain of the pirate ship The Black Pig (7)
16. “Give a critic an __, he’ll write a play”: John Steinbeck (4)
17. Small, polished brass water pot used in South Asia (4)
20. In skiing, any gentle slope suitable for beginners (7)
21. Daughter of Leontes and Hermione in Shakespeare’s The
Winter’s Tale (7) 22. Archaic term for a senior official or chief magistrate in Anglo-Saxon England (5)
24. Island in the West Indies whose capital is St. John’s (7)
26. Meaning of the French word pret-a-porter (5,2,4) 27. Setting of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The
Hobbit and Lord of the Rings (6,5) 30. Small, decorative case used for storing needles and cosmetics (4)
31. Tune which is traditionally played at military funerals in the US (4)
34. Fictional Detective Chief Inspector played by both John Nettles and Neil Dudgeon (7)
35. “Anybody can observe the ___, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week”: Alice Walker (7)
36. Winner of Best Actor at the 74th Golden Globe Awards for his role in La La Land (7)
37. French novelist, 1871-1922, who wrote In Search of Lost Time (6)
38. Two dots placed over a vowel to indicate a change in sound (6)
39. French semi-hard cheese made from unpasteurised cow’s milk (5)
40. Musical note which has half the time value of a whole note (5)
41. “Oh that I were seated as high as my ambitions, I’d place my naked foot on the __ of monarchs”: Horace Walpole (5)