GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

6 David, French actor and choreographer who pioneered the urban sport of Parkour (5) 7 A guide or manual about a particular subject or machine (8) 10 ____ Wizard, song by The Who, covered by Elton John for the 1975 film Tommy (7) 11 A person kept prisoner by an enemy as security (7) 12 The time when a pregnant woman is predicted to give birth (3,4) 13 Don, U.S. actor who has played superhero War Machine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2010 (7) 14 U.S. writer who created the characters Annie Wilkes and Jack Torrance (7,4) 19 A small-time criminal or gangster (7) 21 To confront or examine closely (7) 23 Fictional rabbit that was a friend of Bambi in the 1942 animated Disney film (7) 25 Obsolete video recording format developed by Sony that lost out to VHS (7) 26 A publican (8) 27 ____ Matthews, Welsh singer/songwriter and founder member of former rock band Catatonia (5)

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1 Leather flaps to prevent a horse from seeing sideways or backwards (8) 2 Great Basin National Park is in this U.S. state (6) 3 ____ Festival, annual National Hunt horse racing event held at Prestbury Park since 1911 (10) 4 Measurement that represents a twelfth part of a foot (4) 5 Pope John Paul II was born in this country in 1920 (6) 6 Term for living things with two feet (6) 8 Steve, U.S. actor who played Mr Pink in the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs (7) 9 Patron saint of fishermen and locksmiths (5) 13 Tim, sales representative played by Martin Freeman in the TV sitcom The Office (10) 15 Total or partial disappearance of a heavenly body by the interposition of another (7) 16 Systems of rules and structure in languages (8) 17 ____ feather, a traditional sign of cowardice (5) 18 Solar ____ , a complex of nerves situated at the pit of the stomach (6) 20 Relating to the eye or vision (6) 22 To tempt or lead astray (6) 24 Take Me Or Leave Me is a noted song in this rock musical (4)

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