GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 The ____ , 1925 comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp persona (4,4) 9 Wild drummer among The Muppets, originally performed by Frank Oz (6) 10 ____ of Cleves, King Henry VIII’s fourth wife whom he married in 1540 (4) 11 The state of being of current interest or relevance (10) 12 ____ Mater, Latin hymn commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary (6) 14 To enrol (a person) in a list of saints (8) 15 Informal expression meaning ‘out of favour’ (2,3,8) 17 Given doled out doses of cut-and-dried information (5-3) 19 ____ Woman, 1990 romcom film whose soundtrack includes Roxette’s It Must Have Been Love (6) 21 One who advocates a policy of the least possible action or intervention (10) 22 ____ estate, a housing area with high levels of social problems (4) 23 Clay ____ , saucer-shaped disc thrown from a trap and shot at as a substitute for game birds (6) 24 A set of bells for playing tunes (8)

DOWN

1 Scotch ____ , very hot chili pepper used in Caribbean cuisine (6) 2 A cutting tool with an arched blade set at a right angle to the handle (4) 3 A piece of text placed at the foot of a film or TV screen translating the words used (8) 4 Mexican city and holiday resort on the northeast coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (6) 5 Jacques ____, Canadian motor racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1997 (10) 6 Dane ____, English stand-up comedian born in 1984 who starred in the TV sitcom Sunny D (8) 8 A person who shows excessive or needless anxiety about their own health (13) 13 A plain, unsweetened biscuit supposedly invented by an 18th century physician (4,6) 15 Not expressly stated (8) 16 People who follow the latest trends, especially self-consciously outside the cultural mainstream (8) 18 ____ and Zooey, book by U.S. author J.D. Salinger published in 1961 (6) 20 A cord of fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to a bone or other structure (6) 22 A pit or airtight chamber for storing grain (4)