GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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Eighth Prime Minister of New
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4. Plant introduced from Europe and Asia, a widespread agricultural pest, with the varieties nodding and plumeless (7)
7. British physician and lexicographer who published a Thesaurus in 1852 (5)
10. World heavyweight boxing champion from 1919-1926, ‘The Manassa Mauler’ (7)
11. Character created by James Thurber for New Yorker magazine, whose name became associated with daydreamers or fantasists (6,5)
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13. The groundhog who forecasts weather in an annual ceremony, Punxsutawney __ (4)
14. Singer who was mayor of Palm Springs, California from 1988 to 1992 (5,4)
16. Anglican cleric believed to have introduced Christianity to New Zealand (7)
17. Cheeses such as gorgonzola, stilton and roquefort (4,6)
19. Paul __, Canadian singer/ songwriter who had 1960s hits with Diana and Put Your Head on My Shoulder (4)
21. Type of sleeve that extends in one piece fully to the collar of a coat or sweater (6)
24. Small European bird, chloris chloris (10)
26. Suburb on Queensland’s Gold Coast, home to Jupiter’s Hotel and Casino (10)
27. '( '$# $ ( &$ # # Priam, brother of Paris (6)
28. Unit which cricket is based around, consisting of six deliveries (4)
31. Do not go __ into that good night: 1947 poem by Dylan Thomas (6)
32. Theatre in London’s West End which opened in 1905 and is named after the district where it is located (7)
35. La ____, traditional folk song which became popular in Mexico during the 1910-1920 Revolution (9)
39. Surname of brothers who played 85 tests for the All Blacks (5)
41. The only British Prime Minister to '% ' ' 0&'( # ) " . -
42. # ' $+ )!% # . )& $ $&' to attempt a fence (7)
43. City which was home to the Krupp family, a 400-year-old dynasty which was Germany’s main arms manufacturer in both world wars (5)
44. English Romantic poet (17921822) whose wife Mary was the author of Frankenstein (7)
45. Resort city on the Black Sea, annexed by Russian Empire in 1783 (5)
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1. Capital of Liechtenstein (5)
2. The __, 1978 song by American country singer Kenny Rogers (7)
3. Device shaped like a human foot, used in the manufacture or repair of shoes (4)
4. Largest settlement on Great Barrier Island, named after a ship which visited the island between 1841-1845 (8)
5. Playing pieces in the game of
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6. Language of Ghana, Togo and Benin, and the people who speak the language (3)
7. Matching card game based on collecting cards of the same rank or sequence (5)
8. 1981 song by American disco group Kool & The Gang (3,4,2,2)
9. Labour Member of Parliament for
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11. Hungry Like the __: 1982 single by Duran Duran (4)
15. “Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, ___ when you have three and paradise is when you have none”: Doug Larson (8)
16. Eldest daughter of King Saul who married Adriel the Meholathite (5)
17. ___ Park, royal residence near Windsor, leased to Prince Edward since 1998 (7)
18. London borough, once the location of the Royal Small Arms Factory (7)
20. Historic city in northern Israel where Jesus spent his childhood (8)
22. Civil decoration for gallantry instituted in 1940 (6,5)
23. Dale ___, girlfriend of comic strip character Flash Gordon (5)
25. Traditional circle dance of Romania and Israel, popular during wedding celebrations and festivals (5)
29. Town in the Maniototo district, renamed in 1898 after a visit by the Governor of New Zealand (8)
30. Thin French loaf similar to a baguette (7)
33. ) #/ $&# %$ (. 0&'( & ' ! # to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (5)
34. Four-star general who became the US Secretary of State under George W. Bush (6)
36. Colourless/odourless chemical element with the atomic number 86 (5)
37. Lepidium satvium, fast-growing
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38. “I do not __ with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it”: Voltaire (5)
39. Small white rabbit in a series of picture books by Dutch artist Dick Bruna (5)
40. Social dance with a Latin
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