GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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4. Product associated with the Venetian island of Murano (5)
10. Only long bone in the body which lies horizontally (8)
11. “Appearances are a glimpse of the __”: Anaxagoras (6)
12. First name of a US pilot who disappeared during a flight over the Pacific on July 2, 1937 (6)
13. Setting for Act 2, Scene 2 of when Romeo says: “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?” (7)
14. Highest mountain on Crete, sacred to the Greek Titaness Rhea (3)
15. Three-dimensional art whose oldest examples date back 35,000 years (9)
17. Woodwind instrument used during the Renaissance period (8)
18. Type of pasta salad containing mandarins and pineapple (US) (4,3)
19. In psychology, mental state in which a person performing an activity is fully focused (4)
21. Birds which feature on many Christmas cards (6)
24. Air-filled cushion used for practical jokes (7)
26. British vehicle manufacturer founded in 1896 in Lancashire, England (7)
28. Actor who declined to accept his Academy Award for Best Actor in 1973 (6)
29. Piece of bread hardened by rebaking, used as baby food (4)
30. 2001 song by US band Weezer, with the video filmed at the Playboy Mansion (7)
33. Martha ____, journalist and war correspondent who was Ernest Hemingway’s third wife (8)
36. Catholic religious order of friars, founded in 1209 (10)
37. Egyptian Earth god associated with Ra, the Sun god (4)
38. The lion in C.S. Lewis’s (5)
39. “Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national __”: Herbert Hoover (4)
40. Pantomime character (baron) who in pantomime is the father of Cinderella (6)
41. Studio album released by Ed Sheeran in June 2014 (8)
42. “If I have __ further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants”: Isaac Newton (4)
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1. Actress who starred in and was married to Steve McQueen from 1973 to 1978 (3,7)
2. The __: home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since 1845 (4)
3. Wisconsin senator who led a witch hunt against Communists in the 1950s (8)
4. Plant of the daisy family named in honour of a German botanist (7)
5. Joint made up of the tibia, fibula and talus (5)
6. English entrepreneur and judge on reality television shows (5,6)
7. Cockney rhyming slang for a curry (4,6)
8. Character created by P.G. Wodehouse (6)
9. Character in the film franchise, warlord of the Decepticons (8)
16. Breed of chicken originating in Italy (7)
20. Nigerian port city and former capital (5)
22. Employees who strike ground cover in order to flush out game birds for shooting (7)
23. Basketballer who has won three NBA titles with the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers (6,5)
25. Word formed from the Greek words for ‘light’ and ‘drawing/ writing’ (10)
27. Paper currency of the United States (6,4)
31. Leafy vegetable with a bitter taste; a member of the chicory family (8)
32. Champagne bottle which holds 1.5 litres (6)
34. British sitcom created by and starring Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (6)
35. Eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet (6)
36. King of Spain after the abdication of his father in 2014 (6)
39. Lower house of Parliament in the Republic of Ireland (4)