GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN
ACROSS
1 A doctor’s approach or
attitude to a patient (7,6) 8 The number of contestants in a team on the TV quiz show The Chase (4) 9 A butterfly with a narrow row of dots on the underside of its hindwing (10) 10 Bram, Irish writer noted
for the Gothic horror tale Dracula (6) 11 One who lives or works on a long narrow boat used on canals (8) 12 A river or stream flowing
into a larger river or lake (9) 14 Paarl is a region in South
Africa that specialises in producing this (4) 15 A woodwind musical instrument with a double reed mouthpiece and holes stopped by keys (4) 16 ____ Line, British shipping
company that owned the Titanic (5,4) 20 The technical term
for hair loss (8) 21 ____ access, a system allowing entry to a network using a physically separate computer (6) 23 British author whose image appears on the reverse of the £10 polymer note issued in 2017 (4,6) 24 A thin Japanese noodle
made from buckwheat (4) 25 Official statements issued to newspapers giving information on particular matters (5,8)
DOWN
1 A dose of an immunising substance that is given to maintain or renew the effect of a previous one (7) 2 ____ Martin, English actor who played Charlie Slater in EastEnders (5) 3 To receive money, property or possessions from someone after their death (7) 4 Fortified site that was the birthplace of James I of England and James VI of Scotland in 1566 (9,6) 5 Wildly unreasonable
or ridiculous (6) 6 Places where young plants and trees are grown for sale or planting elsewhere (9) 7 Beer brewed from traditional ingredients such as malted barley, yeast and hops (4,3) 13 The zone of life on Earth (9) 15 A simple vessel used to produce light by burning paraffin or kerosene (3,4) 17 Orange caterpillar tractor in the children’s book series Thomas The Tank Engine (7) 18 Resort on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice (7) 19 TV medical comedy drama series set in the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital (6) 22 Hebrew prophet who, as a baby, was set afloat by his mother Jochebed in a reed basket (5)
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