GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

5 Informal term for

a telephone (6)

7 U.S. rock band noted for their 1982 hit Eye Of The Tiger (8)

9 A device, e.g. a pattern of letters, that assists in remembering something (8)

10 Shawn, Canadian pop singer whose

UK No. 1 singles have included Stitches and Senorita (6)

11 Body of water that surrounds the island nations of Fiji and Tonga (7,5)

13 Giant puffball is an example of this sporeproducing organism (6) 15 Shirley, children’s author whose books include Dogger and the Alfie series (6)

18 TV comedy series set in the fictional town of Danebury, starring Toby Jones (12)

21 Gianluca, late Italian striker and manager for Chelsea FC (6)

22 Brave or bold

opposition (8)

23 Andrea, 15th-century Italian painter whose St. Sebastian hangs in the Louvre (8)

24 Unwanted effect in photography that affects the colour of the subject’s pupils (3-3)

DOWN

1 ____ against the tide, expression meaning ‘going against majority opinion’ (8) 2 Islamic sultanate on the northern coast of the island of Borneo in Asia (6)

3 A megalithic tomb consisting of a large flat stone laid on upright ones (8) 4 1866 opera that was the most successful by Ambroise Thomas (6)

6 Carl, Swedish botanist who created a binomial system of classifying organisms (8)

7 A distinct part of a nation’s

economy or society (6)

8 Bill, actor who played Compo Simmonite in Last Of The Summer Wine (4)

12 U.S. state whose cities include Frankfort and Lexington (8)

14 Scheduled periods of time when a number of people are served a meal in a restaurant (8)

16 Royal house of Monaco of which Albert II is the current head (8)

17 National park in the

U.S. state of Maine established in 1916 (6)

18 To make a liquid weaker by adding water or another solution (6)

19 English city that houses

the Bodleian Library (6)

20 ____ G, Australian singer who represented the

UK in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest (4)

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