GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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7 Turn of ____ , one’s manner of expression (6) 8 Tacit or not declared (8) 9 Tracy, overweight teenager who loves dancing in the film and stage musical Hairspray (8) 10 Branch of physics that deals with properties of visible light (6) 11 Gerardus, 16th century Flemish cartographer who introduced the term ‘atlas’ (8) 12 ____ Strait, body of water that separates Russia and the U.S. (6) 13 Book for UK motorists with advice on driving conduct first published in 1931 (7,4) 18 ____ Concerto, short work for piano and orchestra by Richard Addinsell first performed in 1941 (6) 20 A device for emitting or diffusing heat, e.g. for warming a room (8) 22 Douglas, Scottish author who won the 2020 Booker Prize for his novel Shuggie Bain (6) 23 Formula One Grand Prix first staged in 2009 at the Yas Marina Circuit (3,5) 24 Controversial TV comedy series that parodied news programmes, created by Chris Morris (5,3) 25 ____ Hill, long-running children’s TV drama series about life in a comprehensive school (6)
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1 Geoffrey, English poet who wrote The Canterbury Tales (7) 2 Armando, Scottish satirist who created the TV political sitcom The Thick Of It (8) 3 A fanatic (6) 4 ____ acid, another name for vitamin C (8) 5 Harry, young wizard played on film by English actor Daniel Radcliffe (6) 6 An Olympic sport since 1896 that comprises the disciplines of the foil, épée and sabre (7) 8 The landing gear of an aircraft (13) 14 A short-barrelled piece of artillery designed for firing shells on high trajectories at low velocities (8) 15 To remove a withered flower from a plant in order to promote new growth (8) 16 A transparent case, e.g. of glass or horn, for a light (7) 17 Stage name of the Latin pop musician noted for his 1999 single Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit of . . .) (3,4) 19 Thinly dispersed or scattered (6) 21 A dogsbody or menial worker (6)