GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
8 Roberto ____ , Italian exmidfielder who scored for Chelsea FC in the 1997 and 2000 FA Cup finals (2,6) 9 A cleric who advises a pastor and assists at communion (6) 10 Lynsey ____ , English singer/ songwriter noted for her song Sugar Me released in 1972 (2,4) 11 Adjectives or short phrases expressing some quality of a person or thing (8) 12 A small, long-tailed parrot of various kinds (8) 13 A bandit or someone on the run from authorities (6) 14 An exchange (4) 16 Julian ____ , English actor and comedian who won series ten of Celebrity Big Brother (5) 17 Frances ____ , English actress who played ‘nice Grandma’ Nellie Buller in Friday Night Dinner (4) 18 La Isla ____ , Madonna’s fourth UK No 1 single released in 1987 (6) 20 A graceful evergreen shrub or small tree, found on southern English seashores (8) 23 A continuance or length of time (8) 24 James ____ , the UK’s 2021 Eurovision entrant who scored nul points with his song Embers (6) 25 Rita ____ , English actress who played Roxy Mitchell in EastEnders (6) 26 An excessive burden (8)
DOWN
1 Diego ____ , Mexican artist noted for his murals depicting peasants and labourers (6) 2 An ornamental light fixture invented by Edward Craven Walker in 1963 (4,4) 3 Clement ____ , British former prime minister born in Putney in 1883 (6) 4 English actor who played vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight film series (6,9) 5 An official announcement that warns people about eg. bad weather or diseases (8) 6 A distinguishing characteristic that usually confers prestige (6) 7 Printed sign on mailed items showing the date and place of despatch (8) 15 A story or other work of fiction concerned with the elucidation of a crime mystery (8) 16 Cyd ____ , U.S. actress and dancer who starred in the 1952 musical film Singin’ In The Rain (8) 17 Brown Willy is the highest point in this English county (8) 19 Phrase meaning ‘sequentially without a break’ (2,1,3) 21 A slang term for £500 (6) 22 A doctor-priest or medicine man working by magic (6)
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