GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 ____ Georgia, song by Gladys Knight And The Pips that was released in 1973 (8,5,2)

8 Motoring magazine TV programme which Freddie Flintoff joined as co-presenter in 2019 (3,4)

9 Men’s short, close-fitting jackets, often sleeveless, worn in the 16th and

17th centuries (7)

10 Dame ____ Duffy, 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning triathlete (5)

11 To lose a large amount of

water from the body (9)

12 St ____, home ground of

Birmingham City FC (7)

14 Rami, U.S. actor who plays Ahkmenrah in the Night At The Museum film franchise (5) 15 ____ button, one that activates safety devices for use in an emergency (5)

17 An organised group who enthusiastically supports a well-known person or team (3,4)

19 A distinctively sharp taste, flavour or smell usually applied to foods (9)

22 A small arm of a sea,

lake or river (5)

23 Country that has won the Eurovision Song Contest a record seven times (7)

24 Informal term for one who approaches passers-by in the street to seek donations for charity (7)

25 English comic actor who played Julius Caesar in the 1964 film Carry On Cleo (7,8)

DOWN

1 Sheffield-born golfer whose first professional tournament win was at the 2015 British Masters (4,11)

2 A certificate awarded by an educational establishment as proof of completing studies (7) 3 A north Germanic language that features in the

Old Norse sagas (9)

4 Roman-appointed king of Judaea into whose realm Jesus of Nazareth was born (5) 5 Unpleasantly bitter

or pungent (5)

6 V. S., Trinidadian-born British novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001 (7)

7 Expression meaning ‘friendly enough to talk to each other’ (2,8,5)

9 Samuel, English writer whose A Dictionary Of

The English Language was published in 1755 (7)

13 Harry, comedian whose characters included Wayne Slob and Tim Nice-But-Dim (7) 14 A boat, such as a catamaran,

with more than one frame (9) 16 A buff-coloured cotton cloth

that originated in China (7)

18 Italian city that contains the

Ducati Museum, related to the motorcycle company (7) 20 Public ____ Ltd, English post-punk band that includes ex-Sex Pistols member John Lydon (5)

21 Russian city and holiday resort on the north coast of the Black Sea (5)

SOLUTION TOMORROW