GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Across

1. Monk or nun belonging to an order which branched from the Benedictines (10)

6. Military unit stationed in a town or .8;=1 *(=186 .8; +-.-6<1?- 9>;98<-< (8)

12. 1960s rock band consisting of Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric

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13. $0-;(91<= @08 5(619>4(=-< bones and muscles (9)

14. Name widely used by Ukrainians to refer to a Russian soldier after Russia’s 2022 invasion (3)

15. One of the nine Greek muses, @08 1< +-91*=-+ 084+16/ ( >=- } ,

16. In cricket, an over with no runs scored (6)

18. Sediment from the fermentation of an alcoholic beverage (4)

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20. Mountain ranges in the central North Island where feral horses roam free (9)

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26. Largest island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides (4)

27. Native bird which is the only living member of the genus Gallirallus, also 368@6 (< =0- 8;1 0-6 8; @88+0-6 (4)

29. The amount remaining after all deductions have been made (3)

30. Period lasting from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (4)

31. Lada model described by Jeremy 4(;3<86 (< F<1594C =0- @8;<= *(; 16 the world” (4)

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35. #(.-=C +-?1*-< @01*07 16 7 were thought to be used by only 1% of drivers (9)

37. Norwegian who reached the South Pole in December 1911 (8)

41. The Sun ___ Rises, 1926 novel by Ernest Hemingway (4)

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48. 4()8;(=- 98-5 ><>(44C (++;-<<-+ to someone or something (3)

49. Italian island called ‘The Lighthouse of the Mediterranean’ because of its active volcano (9)

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52. Garden in Jerusalem where -<>< (6+ 01< +1<*194-< <4-9= =0- 61/0= )-.8;- 01< *;>*1 A186 } ,

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4. Acute disease caused by infection of the intestine, the cause of millions

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5. Illness which affects one in seven New Zealand children, and one in eight adults (6)

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8. Germany’s industrial heartland, includes the cities of Dortmund and Essen(4)

9. Harriet Beecher ___, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin } ,

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11. 0(;(*=-; @08 #0(3-<9-(;+-<*;1)-+ (< F( .-448@ 8. 16 61=- 2-<= (6)

17. Fourth book of the Old Testament, also known as the fourth book of

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21. Wooden chest which contained the tables of Jewish law in the First $-594- 16 -;><(4-5 } ,

22. British singer who had the hit (4)>5< 7 (6+ } ,

23. Asian starling which imitates 0>5(6 <9--*0 } ,

24. Diseases caused by fungi, such (< (=04-=- < .88= } ,

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26. 615(4 @01*0 1< =0- <>)2-*= 8. #1; +@16 (6+<--; < 9(16=16/ The Monarch of the Glen (4)

28. Ohio city which has been home to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber

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34. US state bordered by Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia,

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36. The marks of Christ’s wounds (6)

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40. Person in a rowing crew who doesn’t hold an oar (6)

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44. Surname of the woman who is =0- 864C 9-;<86 =8 @16 =@8 8)-4 !;1D-< 16 +1..-;-6= -4+< } ,

46. ___ Eisenhower, First Lady of the %61=-+ #=(=-< .;85 =8 } ,

47. 5-;1*(6 =-4-?1<186 <98;=< network (4)