GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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5 Informal term for a predicament (6) 7 A poached dumpling of finely chopped chicken, fish or veal (8) 9 Equestrian competition in which riders make horses perform controlled movements (8) 10 Pickle or sauce eaten with food to add more flavour (6) 11 Occasion on which Lent begins, named after a custom of penance (3,9) 13 Nationality of the autocrat Muammar Gaddafi, killed in 2011 (6) 15 Porcelain manufactured near Paris from 1756, noted for its clear colours and elaborate detail (6) 18 Police force covering Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (6,6) 21 A young swan (6) 22 Anne, U.S. actress who played Fantine in the musical film

Les Misérables (8) 23 A variety of melon with a greenish white rind and sweet

greenish flesh (8) 24 A whirl of atoms, fluid or vapour forming a cavity in

the centre (6)

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1 A raised path or road through a marsh or across water (8) 2 Brigadier ____ , comedic hero created by Arthur Conan Doyle (6) 3 Set of islands off the west coast of Scotland subdivided into Inner and Outer groups (8) 4 Denis, Chancellor of the Exchequer in James Callaghan’s Labour government (6) 6 Agatha, British crime novelist whose first book was The Mysterious Affair At Styles (8) 7 Romeo’s predecessor in the NATO phonetic alphabet (6) 8 Homer and Marge’s middle child in The Simpsons (4) 12 A representative chosen to vote or make decisions on

behalf of other people (8) 14 A flow in the sea occurring after the first and third

quarters of the moon (4,4) 16 Pseudonym of French writer François-Marie Arouet, noted for Candide (8) 17 Chelsea manager Frank Lampard is this relation to Harry Redknapp (6) 18 A bicycle designed for two people (6) 19 River on which Prague stands, also known as the Moldau (6) 20 Informal term for an error in printing or

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