GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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8 A hot green chilli pepper, used especially in Mexicanstyle cooking (8)

9 Thomas, U.S. inventor who took out 1,093 U.S. patents in fields such as telegraphy (6)

10 Ben, English cricket allrounder named 2019 Sports Personality of the Year (6)

11 ____ Johansson, U.S. actress who plays Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (8) 12 A colloquial term for a very

powerful shot in a game (8)

13 ____ Alley, nickname for a music publishing district in New York in the early

20th century (3,3)

14 U.S. rock band noted for its members’ face paint; fronted by Gene Simmons (4) 16 A large piece of the Earth’s surface which moves very slowly (5)

17 Pay one’s ____, meaning ‘to suffer hardship as expected before achieving success’ (4) 18 A pen-shaped, handheld instrument used with tablets or other touch screen devices (6)

20 Domestic articles, such as pots or tools, made from a metal used to manufacture steel (8) 23 The process of making something less strong by adding water (8)

24 ____ grid, a frame of bars put over a gap in a road that is not passable by hoofed animals (6) 25 German city that contains

the BMW Museum (6)

26 Traditionally, the first

activity in a triathlon (8)

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1 ____ states, unofficial geographical term for the countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (6)

2 Jack, lead in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, played by John Barrowman (8)

3 Goods thrown out by a ship

and washed up on shore (6) 4 One engaged in protecting and saving the environment, including wildlife and old buildings (15)

5 Witty retorts or the skill

in making them (8)

6 Itzhak Perlman and Anne-Sophie Mutter are celebrated players of this musical instrument (6)

7 Southwest London suburb that is the end point of the annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race (8)

15 Underhand plotting

or scheming (8)

16 A creative work combining several different styles or made up of parts drawn from varied sources (8)

17 A period when work is halted due to equipment failure, lack of materials or the like (8)

19 Hugh, English comedian and actor who played Senator Tom James in TV’s Veep (6)

21 Desert ____ , grey horse that won the King George VI Chase four times (6)

22 ____ Orzabal, the English songwriter and singer in pop rock band Tears For Fears (6)

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