GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN
ACROSS
5 To provide resistance to or counterbalance (6) 7 Hero in Greek mythology who seized the sacred image of the goddess Pallas Athena (8) 9 The head of a religious
house or order (8) 10 Ian, English singer/ songwriter who is lead vocalist of the rock band Deep Purple (6) 11 A person who draws or
produces maps (12) 13 To remain cheerful in the face of adversity (4,2) 15 A person employed to deal with customers’ transactions in a bank, especially in the U.S. (6) 18 U.S. manufacturer, aviator and film producer born in 1905 noted for his enormous wealth (6,6) 21 ____ image, a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical (6) 22 A place used as a retreat from other people (8) 23 Stylish and
charming (8) 24 The ____, a nickname for the rugby union team London Irish (6)
DOWN
1 C.S. English novelist who created the Napoleonic naval officer Horatio Hornblower (8) 2 ____ Strait, waterway that
separates Russia from the U.S. state of Alaska (6) 3 An attempt or guess that has only a slight chance of succeeding or being accurate (4,4) 4 A room below ground level in a house, often used for storing wine or coal (6) 6 Coverings of feathers
on birds (8) 7 Jamie, Northern Ireland-born actor who played the lead in the TV drama series The Tourist (6) 8 A pale yellow Dutch
cheese typically with a red wax coating (4) 12 A drinkable liquid other
than water (8) 14 A short sleep intended to
revitalise the sleeper (5,3) 16 A hut built of whole or
split timber (3,5) 17 Jonathan, commanding officer in TV series Star Trek: Enterprise played by U.S. actor Scott Bakula (6) 18 An agricultural implement for
breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil (6) 19 Air raid warden played by Bill Pertwee in TV sitcom Dad’s Army (6) 20 A small, rounded citrus fruit similar to the lemon with a distinctive acid flavour (4)
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