GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Across
10. Person employed on Scottish Highland estates to drive game birds from cover towards waiting shooters (6)
11. Any native or inhabitant of Greece (7)
12. Greek god, counterpart of the Roman Cupid (4)
13. &'( $ # % 2"# & (%& Howard and Anchorman character Burgundy (3)
14. Formerly a drink made of milk mixed with wine, cider, etc, sweetened and served warm, now a sweet, creamy dessert (8)
15. Japanese city whose airport is on a man-made
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16. Piece of bread hardened by rebaking, used as baby food (4)
17. Postman Pat’s cat in the '(%& ' . % $ )$" o ,
18. Organ on which, according to Napoleon, an army marched (7)
20. Dark purple variety of fruit borne by the tree Prunus domestica subspecies insititia (6)
21. __ __ Story 2"# which won 10 Oscars (4,4)
23. ___ of Athens: Shakespeare play about a Greek nobleman (5)
24. Set of small tables which 2( $' %( & o ,
26. Underworld where souls of the dead roamed, in Greek mythology (5)
27. Series of bends on a racetrack, used to slow cars at the end of a straight (7)
29. Local navigator who steers a ship in or out of port (5)
32. Roman emperor, AD 54-68, who killed himself after being declared a public enemy by the senate (4)
34. The last or perfect stage of an insect’s development (5)
36. Cyd ____, dancer and actress who appeared with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, including Singin’ in the Rain (8)
38. Third largest penguin species penguin after the Emperor and King (6) 39. Nickname given to baseball legend George Herman Ruth, also known as ‘the sultan of swat’ (3,4)
40. Buoyant material harvested from the bark tissue of Quercus suber (4)
41. Inventor of the modern elevator, Elisha __ (4)
42. ___ Court, district in the London suburb of Kensington (5)
44. Second largest city in Sudan, scene of an 1898 battle between British and native Mahdi forces (8)
45. Small amount of alcohol, especially whisky or rum (3)
46. Capital city of the country which hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup (4)
47. Capital of the Eurasian country of Georgia (7)
48. In astronomy, the point furthest from Earth in the path of a body orbiting the planet (6)
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1. Copyrighted name for polyethylene terephthalate, )' ' ( -( " 2 & o ,
2. Seating in the front, lower section of a theatre, closest to the stage (6)
3. An elephant’s trunk, or the "%$ - " '$%)( % '%# other mammals (9)
4. The criterion or catchphrase of a group, party or sect by which members can be
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5. Highest adult male voice, with a range above tenor (4)
6. Six-winged angel of the highest order (8)
7. Town 140km south of Christchurch, inland from Timaru (9)
8. American composer who wrote The Pink Panther Theme and Moon River (5,7)
9. Spicy North African dish of crushed wheat steamed over broth (8)
19. Thistle-like plant, Cynara scolymus, cultivated for its
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21. Chinese city which was ( 2&'( (% $ ( ( "% ! %+$ in the Covid-19 epidemic (5)
22. Popular name for Polaris, brightest star in the sky (3,5,4)
25. A tenth of one’s income, paid to the church (5)
28. Inability to see clearly in # " ( ) (% 2 $ . of Vitamin A or to a retinal disorder (10)
30. In dancing, a spin performed on the tip or point of the toe (9)
31. Actor who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor after his death in a 1955 car crash (5,4)
33. Particle which orbits the nucleus in atoms (8)
35. Small celestial body composed of rock and metal that moves around the sun (8)
37. Description of a knife which has an edge shaped like the teeth of a saw (8)
40. Second most common element in the human body (6)
43. Team captain in bowls (4)