GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN
ACROSS
1 Something that goes
with another thing, such as a side dish (13) 8 ____ Bunton, English
singer who was nicknamed Baby Spice among the Spice Girls (4) 9 An entertainment venue in which people using a microphone sing pop songs to backing music (7,3) 10 A wading bird of the woodcock family with a plaintive whistling cry (6) 11 The ____ , 2006 mystery thriller film about rival magicians starring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman (8) 12 Capital and largest city
of North Korea (9) 14 The second largest dwarf planet in the solar system after Pluto (4) 15 Stage and film musical whose characters include Growltiger and Rum Tum Tugger (4) 16 Food of the gods in
Mayan mythology (9) 20 An Italian hard cheese
made from ewes’ milk (8) 21 A sailor who is not
an officer (6) 23 A type of print made with a stencil and fabric mesh in which ink is forced through small holes (10) 24 ____ war, a dispute over the right to operate within a particular territory (4) 25 A plant of the daisy family with brightly coloured ornamental flowers (13)
DOWN
1 A place where weapons
are kept (7) 2 The swimming stroke typically used in freestyle races (5) 3 To yield or allow room
for someone else (4,3) 4 Expression meaning ‘a very
tiny quantity’ (1,4,2,3,5) 5 The daughter of King Cymbeline in William Shakespeare’s play Cymbeline (6) 6 ____ college, the body of people in the U.S. who elect its president every four years (9) 7 A volatile substance that blinds temporarily, often used by riot police (4,3) 13 A person who develops professional contacts through informal social meetings (9) 15 A person with an excessive
sensitivity to gluten (7) 17 ____ Canal, waterway
that separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland (7) 18 A sudden fit of bad
temper or rage (7) 19 A place or tent for entertainment by acrobats, clowns and the like (6) 22 An outward symbol given
undue respect (5)
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