GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7 Hearsay or gossip (6) 8 A person who maliciously sets fire to property (8) 9 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Coast, coastline stretching from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset (8) 10 To feel contrition or sorrow (6) 11 Opera by Puccini set in Paris that premiered in 1896 (2,6) 12 _ _ _ _ _ _ Street, U.S. children’s TV series featuring the Muppets that began in 1969 (6) 13 Nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his novel Through The Looking-Glass (11) 18 A large lidded jug for wine (6) 20 Drew level with and went past, say, in a vehicle (8) 22 Wile E. _ _ _ _ _ _, antagonist of the Road Runner in the Looney Tunes cartoon (6) 23 Steamed flour pudding made with raisins (4,4) 24 A person who reports the private concerns and misdeeds of others (8) 25 A little rounded lump
or swelling (6)
DOWN
1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Bells, debut studio album by Mike Oldfield released in 1973 (7) 2 Drink invented by Atlanta pharmacist John S. Pemberton in 1886 (4-4) 3 Robinson, character shipwrecked on an island in a novel by Daniel Defoe (6) 4 Coffee made by forcing hot water under pressure through ground coffee beans (8) 5 Wesley, U.S. actor who played the title character in the Blade film trilogy (6) 6 Fast travelling and high sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake, e.g. (7) 8 Common name for a structure in Place Charles de Gaulle in Paris commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 (3,2,8) 14 Antonio, Spanish actor who voiced Puss in Boots in the Shrek film sequels (8) 15 Large longhorn grasshoppers found in the U.S. and noted for their rasping sounds (8) 16 George, U.S. actor who starred in the 2013 sci-fi film Gravity (7) 17 Georgia, Made In Chelsea star who won I’m A Celebrity in 2017 (7) 19 An off-break in cricket bowled with an apparent leg-break action (6) 21 Related to horses (6)
SOLUTION TOMORROW