GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
8 A cancellation or postponement of a punishment (8) 9 Clever or skilful (6) 10 African country that gained its independence in 2011 (5,5) 11 Describing a part of the body when in an anaesthetised state (4) 12 ____ industry, one that is developing and expanding (6) 14 Seaside town in Dorset that is the birthplace of the presenter and comedian Alan Carr (8) 15 Mike, the Princess Royal’s son-in-law, who competed in the 2022 series of I’m A Celebrity... (7) 17 ____ Cruttenden, English actress who plays Anna in TV sitcom Not Going Out (7) 20 Comic begun in 1938, whose characters include Roger the Dodger and The Bash Street Kids (3,5) 22 Season of the year known as ‘printemps’ in French (6) 24 ____ Djalili, stand-up comedian who voiced Trumper in 2015 film Shaun The Sheep Movie (4) 25 Plants of the genus Helianthus grown for their oily seeds (10) 27 A young, innocent male in a play or film (6) 28 ____ sin, innate corruption thought to pass to Adam’s descendants because of his wrongs (8)
DOWN
1 A roundabout way to avoid something or visit somewhere along the way (6) 2 Tiny pieces of stone put on roads in winter to make them less slippery (4) 3 ____ Medal, award by the Royal Astronomical Society in astrophysics (8) 4 A disappointment (3-4) 5 Karen, English ex-women’s footballer who won 144 international caps (6) 6 A shopkeeper who sells tools and equipment for use in homes and gardens (10) 7 Paul, U.S. actor who played Miles Raymond in 2004 road film Sideways (8) 13 Describing planes with a large fuselage (4-6) 16 Without compassion for misery or suffering (8) 18 The ____ plans of mice and men, proverb stressing how even careful planning does not bring success (4,4) 19 Dwayne, star of action films such as Jungle Cruise and Hobbs & Shaw (7) 21 Describing horses being used for breeding purposes (2,4) 23 European country that owns the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean (6) 26 Doddie, late rugby union lock who won 61 international caps for Scotland (4)
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