GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
5 Quick on the ____, phrase meaning ‘able to understand things easily’ (6)
7 A soft-bodied invertebrate that has an incomplete digestive system (8)
9 ____ division, a military section composed of soldiers who fight on foot (8)
10 The ____, Roman Catholic weekly publication founded in 1840 (6)
11 Official title taken by Camilla, formerly the Duchess of Cornwall, in 2022 (5,7)
13 Rainwater that drains into rivers rather than being absorbed into soil (3-3)
15 To go back to an organisation or route that one has left (6)
18 An order written by a medical practitioner authorising a patient to be given a medicine (12)
21 Olivier, French striker who scored the winner in the 2022 World Cup quarterfinal against England (6)
22 Unpowered vehicles
towed by others (8)
23 A thin sheet of tissue or layer of cells acting as a lining in an organism (8)
24 ____ bracket, a group of people whose earnings fall within defined levels (6)
DOWN
1 European capital on the Miljacka River at the foot of Mount Trebevic (8)
2 ____ ulcer, a sore on the lining of the stomach (6)
3 National park whose highest point is High Willhays Tor (8) 4 Cheap or paltry (3-3)
6 Foucault’s ____, 1988 novel by Umberto Eco concerning conspiracy theories (8)
7 The ____ Squad, branch of London’s Metropolitan Police nicknamed The Sweeney (6)
8 Angharad, English actress who played Demelza in the 1970s TV series Poldark (4)
12 A basic unit of mass in the metric system (8)
14 A follower of the Austrian psychoanalyst renowned for his interpretation of dreams (8)
16 Professional name of late ex-drummer and founding member of The Stranglers (3,5)
17 A tool with a long, curved blade used for cutting crops (6)
18 ____ Dynevor, English actress who plays Daphne in Bridgerton (6)
19 A sloping kind of typeface (6) 20 Ben Folds ____, the alternative rock trio led by the eponymous pianist and singer (4)