GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 The ______, Gilbert and Sullivan opera (6) 8 Porgy And Bess composer (8) 9 In the open air (8) 10 At a working location (2-4) 11 Manitoba’s capital (8) 12 Greg, Australian golfer (6) 13 Oscar winner for title role in The Queen (5,6) 18 Jacob and Rachel’s son in bible (6) 20 U.S. state nicknamed ‘Centennial’ (8) 22 Violet blue dye (6) 23 Explorer first to reach South Pole (8) 24 The ________, Spanish royal palace (8) 25 Chirping insect (6)

DOWN

1 Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood painter (7) 2 Sons and Lovers author (8) 3 Idle chat (6) 4 Anita, 1984 Man Booker Prize winner (8) 5 Drink taken after another (6) 6 Country with Hanoi as capital (7) 8 One half of Wham! (6,7) 14 Haile Selassie’s home country (8) 15 Orpheus’s wife in Greek mythology (8) 16 Graeme, Liverpool captain

and manager (7) 17 Supplementary book sections (7) 19 Wizard Of Menlo Park inventor (6) 21 Large power-driven boat (6) SOLUTION TOMORROW

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