GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Second studio album by Simon & Garfunkel released in 1966 (6,2,7) 9 Term for some irises noted for their fragrant rootstock (7) 10 A male rower (7) 11 James, British actor who starred alongside Judy Garland in the 1954 film A Star Is Born (5) 12 Assumptions of control or authority by one company over another (9) 13 Jordan, Liverpool captain who won the FWA Footballer of the Year award for 2019-20 (9) 15 Hieronymus, early Netherlandish painter noted for The Garden Of Earthly Delights (5) 16 ___ Gervais, comedian and actor who played David Brent in The Office (5) 18 Exclusion from society or banishment (9) 20 Exciting or mischievous adventures (9) 23 ____ In Love, 1969 film directed by Ken Russell based on a D.H. Lawrence novel (5) 24 ______ Park, racecourse in Surrey (7) 25 Team of people with individual duties on a plane (7) 26 State-franchised game of chance, raising some funds for good causes, introduced in the UK in 1994 (8,7)
DOWN
1 English graphic designer noted for his work on Pink Floyd album covers (5,10) 2 Having assumed a standing posture (7) 3 Disease accompanied by griping pains with amoebic and bacillary variants (9) 4 A beginning or initiating action (5) 5 An elastic knitted textile fabric used chiefly in making undergarments (9) 6 Emilio, villain played by Adolfo Celi in the 1965 Bond film Thunderball (5) 7 Fourth book of the Old Testament (7) 8 U.S. writer noted for The Old Man And The Sea (6,9) 14 Welsh National Park created in 1951 (9) 15 A type of German pork sausage (9) 17 _____ shy, fairground throwing game (7) 19 To dip or plunge into a liquid (7) 21 A piece of advertising, usually in the form of a short film or video (5) 22 Timothy, Secrets & Lies actor (5) SOLUTION TOMORROW