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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

7 ____ Fanning, U.S. actress who starred in the 2005 sci-fi film War

Of The Worlds (6)

8 Spanish city at the foot

of Mount Benacantil (8)

9 Not representa­tive of a

type, group or class (8)

10 ____ Rockefelle­r,

U.S. politician who served as Gerald Ford’s vice president (6)

11 Acting as an assistant carrying clubs for a golfer (8)

12 Arch-enemy of Mario in the video games series (6)

13 Large bedrooms for a number of people in a school or institutio­n (11) 18 ____ web, a network of filaments of dark matter that may form the basis of the universe (6)

20 The first version of a film or TV programme after preliminar­y editing (5,3) 22 Pete, U.S. folk singer and social activist born in 1919 (6)

23 Samuel de Champlain was a noted French one (8)

24 A fee paid in advance to someone to secure their services for use when required (8)

25 A partially dried grape (6)

DOWN

1 Eric, fictional character voiced by Trey Parker in the animated sitcom South Park (7)

2 Prince of Aragon in Shakespear­e’s play Much Ado

About Nothing (3,5)

3 A Chinese martial art also known as shadow boxing (3,3)

4 A bright red mineral of mercury sulphide used as a pigment (8)

5 Jean, U.S. actress born in 1911, nicknamed the Blonde Bombshell (6)

6 The ____, U.S. rock band whose lead vocalist is Julian Casablanca­s (7)

8 Another name for

an avocado (9,4)

14 A dance performed with exaggerate­d hip motion to a fast Latin rhythm (8)

15 African country that contains the Danakil Depression salt desert (8) 16 ____ In Blue Jeans, 1979

hit for Neil Diamond (7)

17 Portuguese striker who scored the most goals in the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England (7)

19 Member of the predominan­t ethnic group of Hungary (6)

21 Chair ____, official who

oversees a tennis match (6) SOLUTION TOMORROW

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PLAY our accumulato­r game! Every day this week, solve the crossword to find the letter in the pink circle. On Friday, we’ll provide instructio­ns to submit your five-letter word for your chance to win a luxury Cross pen. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. Terms apply. Entries cost 50p.

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