GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
8 Jack, attacking midfielder and captain of Aston Villa (8) 9 Member of a 1960s youth subculture who wore leather jackets, rode motorbikes and rivalled the Mods (6) 10 Scores of one above par in golf (6) 11 Henry Isaac, founder of a confectionery company in York in 1862 (8) 12 A person kept in custody, usually on political grounds (8) 13 Short pictorial poems on pastoral subjects (6) 14 ___ history, study of past events obtained by interviewing people who took part in them (4) 16 ____ John, pianist whose life was charted in the 2019 musical film Rocketman (5) 17 Achilles’ ___ , a person’s most weak or vulnerable point (4) 18 Characteristic of a little devil or mischievous type (6) 20 Fictional spy played by Diana Rigg in The Avengers TV series (4,4) 23 Type of cabbage cultivated for its green leafy stalks and branched edible heads (8) 24 To take pleasure or
delight in (6) 25 Bela, Hungarian-born actor
noted for playing Dracula (6) 26 The analysis of metrical
patterns in verse (8)
DOWN
1 Denoting a cuisine of the West Indies and southern U.S., usually including rice, okra, peppers and spices (6) 2 The World Series is a competition in this traditional U.S. sport (8) 3 Sian, actress who plays Kayleigh Kitson in the TV sitcom Peter Kay’s Car Share (6) 4 British Stuart monarch who was beheaded in Whitehall in 1649 (7,3,5) 5 ____ motion, irregular oscillatory movement observed in microscopic particles and molecules suspended in fluid (8) 6 Character played by James Doohan in the original Star Trek TV series (6) 7 A signal used to awaken personnel in the armed forces (8) 15 Erich Maria, All Quiet on the Western Front novelist (8) 16 Haile Selassie was emperor of this African country (8) 17 A slim container for alcoholic spirits small enough to be carried in a pocket (3,5) 19 Battle of ____ , decisive engagement of the Korean War in 1950 (6) 21 Bricks and ___ , denoting a business or group that has a non-virtual physical presence (6) 22 Mainline London rail station which featured a prominent Doric arch at its entrance until 1960 (6) SOLUTION TOMORROW