GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
5 Love song by Elton John,
released in 1985 (6) 7 Materials that make
things watertight (8) 9 Miriam, English doctor, TV presenter and advice columnist who was born in 1937 (8) 10 To move in an ungainly
or awkward way (6) 11 Consort of Queen Victoria, who died of typhoid in 1861 (6,6) 13 Pass the ____ , classic British party game featuring a prize covered in wrapping paper (6) 15 ____ press, derogatory term for newspapers that regularly feature sensationalist stories (6) 18 ____ Is Falling Down, traditional nursery rhyme (6,6) 21 ____ The Times, the first solo single by Harry Styles, which was released in 2017 (4,2) 22 An alphabetical list of words with meanings of words or phrases that are hard to understand (8) 23 A lace or silk scarf worn by Spanish women over the head and shoulders (8) 24 ____ Out, 2019 murder mystery film starring Daniel Craig as the detective (6)
DOWN
1 A Spanish-speaking person, especially one living in the U.S. (8) 2 Crystal ____ FC, football team nicknamed The Eagles, whose home ground is Selhurst Park (6) 3 Mark, U.S. actor and former rapper whose early stage name was Marky Mark (8) 4 An artistic dance form performed to music, using precise set steps and gestures (6) 6 A break between acts
of a play (8) 7 A seat fastened on the back of a horse or other animal for riding (6) 8 2011 film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, directed by Kenneth Branagh (4) 12 An Indian dish of rice boiled with butter, onions, eggs and fish (8) 14 The disposal of refuse by
burial in the ground (8) 16 The rapid fall of a plane towards the ground in a spiral movement (8) 17 A roofed area attached to a house with one or more open sides (6) 18 A measure of distance
in a swimming race (6) 19 Avery, U.S. actor who played Captain Benjamin Sisko in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (6) 20 Egyptian city on the west bank of the River Nile and site of three Great Pyramids (4)
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