GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across

7. Type of criminal sought in the game of Cluedo (8)

9. “I’ve stopped drinking, but only when I’m ___”: George Best (6)

10. River which for almost 200km forms the border between Poland and Germany (4)

11. 1952 novel which John Steinbeck considered his best work (4,2,4)

12. Upper house of the United States’ Congress (6)

14. Chain ____, song by Diana Ross, released in 1985 (8)

15. “All in the ___ __ ___ rode the six hundred”: Charge of the Light Brigade , by Lord Tennyson (6,2,5)

17. Elderly Scottish gardener created by Beatrix Potter (8)

19. Small overnight bag (6)

21. The ___ Bible, best-selling novel by Barbara Kingsolver (10)

22. Open-air market in north Africa (4)

23. White-gloved cartoon character created in 1928 (6)

24. Sport invented by George Hancock in 1887, with New Zealand winning the world championship seven times (8)

Down

1. Type of traditional Scottish fruitcake (6)

2. Winter month of 29 days on the Hebrew calendar (4)

3. Slender, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Chlorophthalmidae (8)

4. Deep-fried spicy snack originating in India (6)

5. Royal ___ ___, performance venue in South Kensington, London (6,4)

6. Huge biblical beast mentioned in Job 40:15-24 (8)

8. 1992 Quentin Tarantino film in which many of the main characters have colours as names (9,4)

13. Phrase: __ ____ and correct (3,7)

15. State which is responsible for a quarter of Australia’s Gross Domestic Product (8)

16. Swiss premium brand of cigars (8)

18. Hot spicy rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, used in cookery and medicine (6)

20. Sudden, violent gust of wind accompanied by rain (6)

22. Island in the Dutch Caribbean (4)