GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Across 1.

Song released by The Beach Boys in 1965 (7,3)

6. Problematic situation which will eventually become dangerous if not addressed (8)

10. Singer who represented Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest and is the best-selling French language artist of all time (6,4)

11. NASA space station which was in orbit from May 1973 to February 1974 (6)

14. released in 1989 (7)

17. Traditional gift on a fourth wedding anniversary (5)

18. A period during which offenders may admit to certain crimes or infringements without penalty (7)

19. Electronic device attached to a person or vehicle, giving the position (7)

22. Artist who is on the British 20-pound note along with his best-known painting, The Fighting Temeraire (6)

25. Seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (3)

27. Barrier spanning the ArizonaNevada border, built between 19311936, with more than 100 deaths among construction workers (6,3)

30. Nickname of French fashion designer Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (4)

31. Open-air market in North Africa (4)

32. Final remarks at the end of a book (9)

34. European mountain which has part of the Jungfrau railway line inside it, stopping at viewing windows (5)

36. Beetle revered by the ancient Egyptians (6)

39. One of Medusa’s sisters (7)

41. Person who refuses to accept advice from others (4-3)

43. “Good advice is always certain to be ___, but that’s no reason not to give it”: Agatha Christie (7)

45. Cinema consisting of large

52. Tallest building in the United Kingdom at 309m, completed in 2012 (3,5)

53. Magical phrase in the story of Baba and the Forty Thieves (4,6)

Ali

Down

1. Jewellery worn around the wrist (8)

2. Comfortable chair that can lean back at an angle (8)

3. New Zealand political party formed in 1991 by NewLabour, the Democratic Party, Mana Motuhake and the Greens (8)

4. The Sky __ __, long-running BBC

broadcast in 1957 (2,5)

5. “Every true genius is bound to be ___”: Friedrich Schiller (5)

6. Dance which evolved in lowerclass suburbs of Buenos Aires in the 1880s (5)

7. fought by the British Army in World War I (4)

8. “Keep __ at something; a __ person never has time to be unhappy”: Robert Louis Stevenson (4)

9. ! eaten as food (6,4)

12. Former name of the American rapper and record producer now known as Ye (5)

13. ____ fever, acute viral illness of central western Africa (5) outdoor screen and a large parking 15. Extinct giant bird of the order area (5-2) Dinornithiformes (3)

48. Dagger symbol used in ancient 16. River which runs through manuscripts to indicate a passage is Melbourne and into Hobsons Bay (5) corrupt or doubtful (6) 20. Resting place for birds (5)

51. 21. I Can See __ Now, song released a tower building (10) by Johnny Nash in 1972 (7)

23. Loop formed in a rope by means of a slipknot (5)

24. Second-largest moon of Saturn, named after one of the Titans in Greek mythology (4)

26. Serbian-American inventor who "induction motor (5)

28. Amusing, in an unusual way (5)

29. Male given name, a Scandinavian version of Matthew

30. ___ Charlie, best-known of the three Berlin Wall crossings (10)

33. Word which can precede mushroom, artillery and event (5)

35. Hollow rock whose cavity is lined with crystals (5)

37. French cooking term meaning ‘to crush or grind’ (8)

38. According to a 1970 song by The Osmonds, “One __ __ don’t spoil the whole bunch, girl” (3,5)

40. "around 10,000 years ago (7)

42. Character in The Simpsons who "

(3)

44. Narrow strip of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa (3,3)

46. Fast-moving section of a river (5)

47. Italian word for wind (5)

49. City in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, mostly destroyed during World War I with half the population dying (4)

50. !! drink (4)