GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
7 The ____ , body founded in 1929 to encourage children to ride horses (4,4) 9 An antelope of southern Africa with woolly brownish-grey hair (6) 10 Dear ____ Hansen, 2015 musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (4) 11 Derogatory term for a government seen as interfering unduly with personal choice (5,5) 12 A group of seven people playing music or singing together (6) 14 An evergreen shrub with lance-shaped, leathery leaves and white, pink or red flowers (8) 15 Motown-inspired song by Diana Ross, released in 1985, that was written by the Bee Gees (5,8) 17 A meeting for giving information or instructions (8) 19 ____ Phillips, choreographer and former judge on TV’s Strictly Come Dancing (6) 21 Castle in West Yorkshire in which King Richard II of England reputedly died in 1400 (10) 22 A numbered exit at an airport for boarding or leaving an aircraft (4) 23 Naomie, English actress who first played Eve Moneypenny in the 2012 Bond film Skyfall (6) 24 A cocktail containing rum and lime juice (8)
DOWN
1 Museum in Paris that has displayed the Mona Lisa painting permanently since 1797 (6) 2 Saving Private ____ , 1998 epic war film featuring the D-Day landings (4) 3 Drifting organisms, especially very small ones, found at various depths in the ocean (8) 4 A low wall built out from the coast into the sea to check erosion and drifting (6) 5 A hundredth year anniversary (10) 6 ____ Lights, first novel in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman (8) 8 Financial institution founded in 1694 by Charles Montagu, first earl of Halifax (4,2,7) 13 The path followed by an object moving under the action of given forces (10) 15 The Little ____ , a nickname of the French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte (8) 16 Jessica, U.S. actress who won the Best Actress Oscar in 2022 for playing the lead in the film The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (8) 18 To soak in liquid without boiling (6) 20 ____ , red in tooth and claw, a phrase derived from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam (6) 22 ____ shop, an informal term for a restaurant (4)
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