GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Informal term for the effects of an extended bout of drinking or revelry on the previous day (3,7,5)
8 The practice or system of favouring the richest or most talented in a group or society (7)
9 ____ irrigation, medical procedure for cleansing the longest part of the large intestine (7)
10 Zac, U.S. actor who played Philip Carlyle in the 2017 musical film The Greatest Showman (5)
11 The Flying ____ , nickname of Dutch Olympic athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen (9)
12 Resigned or longsuffering (7)
14 A light cover or blanket for a
sofa or bed (5)
15 Vale of ____ , gorge in Greek mythology that had an idyllic landscape (5)
17 Flat leather shoes with no
laces or straps (7)
19 Relating to statistics for the assessment of insurance risks and premiums (9)
22 An idea or representation in the mind (5)
23 Los Angeles ____ , baseball side that won the World Series in 2020 (7)
24 A hermit or one who shuns normal society (7)
25 Its national football team play home matches at Windsor Park (8,7)
DOWN
1 Children’s book by Frances Hodgson Burnett published in 1911 (3,6,6)
2 Those who have left their native country for another, often for political reasons (7)
3 A bulbous feature on a church or palace, associated with Russian architectural style (5,4)
4 A semi-divine spirit taking the form of a maiden in rivers, seas, mountains or woods (5)
5 A straight path or tree-lined avenue in a formal garden (5)
6 Moroccan port city on the Strait of Gibraltar (7)
7 Artist noted for her public sculptures who was the first woman to win the Turner Prize in 1993 (6,9)
9 ____ De Vil, villain in the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith (7)
13 Michael, U.S. astronaut who piloted command module Columbia on the Apollo
11 mission in 1969 (7)
14 UK reality TV game show begun in 2018 presented after the first series by Emma Willis (3,6)
16 A bullfighter whose task is to kill the bull (7)
18 Technical term for the shoulder blade (7)
20 First letter in the Hebrew alphabet (5)
21 Finnish heavy metal band that won Eurovision in 2006 with the song Hard Rock Hallelujah (5)
SOLUTION TOMORROW