GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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8 A very hot green chilli pepper used in Mexican cooking (8) 9 Sloping type introduced by printer Aldo Manuzio at the turn of the 16th Century (6) 10 James, The X Factor winner in 2012 noted for his debut single Impossible (6) 11 Name for a citizen of the former country in the Balkans ruled by Marshal Tito (8) 12 ______ Massacre, brutal dispersal by cavalry of a radical meeting held in Manchester in 1819 (8) 13 ____ Melba, Australian operatic soprano (6) 14 An inflammatory swelling on the eyelid (4) 16 The Oracle of ____ , nickname for U.S. investor and business

tycoon Warren Buffett (5) 17 Danish Europop group noted for their single Barbie Girl (4) 18 _____ Weapon, film franchise starring Mel Gibson (6) 20 Katniss, main protagonist and narrator of The Hunger

Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins (8) 23 Urban settlement such as Soweto in South Africa (8) 24 Mia, U.S. actress who starred in Rosemary’s Baby (6) 25 In physics, a concept whose ‘perfect’ form is sometimes

called free space (6) 26 The theory and practice of eloquence as a

means of persuasion (8)

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1 Chris, comic actor who played Gordon Brittas in The Brittas Empire (6) 2 A fine soft goat’s hair (8) 3 Storm ____ , seabird so named because it was thought to be a harbinger of rough weather (6) 4 Complex of lands in western and central Europe of which Francis II was the last ruler (4,5,6) 5 ______ Wade, last Briton to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title in 1977 (8) 6 ____ and Gretel, woodcutter’s children featuring in a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm (6) 7 Italian dessert made with pieces of sponge soaked in coffee and marsala (8) 15 Abstaining totally from alcoholic drink (8) 16 Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ is the opening song of this musical (8) 17 Jimmy, Lancashire and England fast bowler who made his Test debut in 2003 (8) 19 Song that was a UK No 1 hit for Madonna in 2005 (4,2) 21 ____ Tower, wrought iron Parisian landmark that opened in 1889 (6) 22 Outlandish or unusual (6)