GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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1 An outdated word or expression (8) 5 Planned around a single unifying topic (6) 10 Informal term for a lively party or gathering (5-2) 11 A feeler or horn on the heads of insects and crustaceans (7) 12 An inquisitive or prying person (5) 13 Phrase meaning ‘to create a disturbance’ (5,4) 14 Discredited practice of opening veins for supposedly therapeutic purposes (12) 18 Large shop where purchasers can buy goods in larger quantities and at lower prices than elsewhere (4,3,5) 21 An examination or lesson regarding the actual making or doing of something (9) 23 ____ Marsh, New Zealand crime writer who created the gentleman detective, Inspector Roderick Alleyn (5) 24 Landlocked kingdom surrounded by South Africa that contains Ts’ehlanyane National Park (7) 25 ____ Knee, site in South Dakota of an 1890 conflict between the Sioux people and the U.S. Army (7) 26 Proprietors or those who have a rightful claim to things (6) 27 An exciting, often mischievous adventure (8)
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1 Surname of British singer/ songwriter Adele (6) 2 Manchego and Cabrales are types of this food from Spain (6) 3 Country whose national rugby union team are nicknamed the Wallabies (9) 4 Term for a substance that carries electrical current with no resistance (14) 6 Coastal town in Kent that is one of the Cinque Ports (5) 7 The official national language in China and Taiwan (8) 8 A means of discharging water (8) 9 Retired British-Irish actor who starred in the films There Will Be Blood and Lincoln (6,3-5) 15 A large hairy spider whose name derives from a city in Italy’s Apulia region (9) 16 Fun In ____ , 1963 musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley (8) 17 The Baby-faced ____ , Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s nickname as a Manchester United striker (8) 19 ____ Bullock, U.S.-German actress who starred with Keanu Reeves in the 1994 action film Speed (6) 20 Byname of British DJ and actor who played Mr Bullion in the Bond film The World Is Not Enough (6) 22 One employed to instruct a young person in a private household (5)