GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

7 A restaurant that serves circles of flat bread baked with toppings (8)

9 ____ Williams, TV football pundit and ex-player who captained Wales at Euro 2016 (6)

10 A small, wingless jumping insect that feeds on the blood of mammals (4)

11 Concorde was this type of passenger-carrying commercial aeroplane (10) 12 Miss ____, ladieswear assistant played by Wendy Richard in Are You Being Served? (6)

14 Expression meaning ‘of

a large number’ (2,6)

15 Irish model who became a team captain on Celebrity Juice in 2020 (5,8)

17 Glossy-leaved evergreen plant whose varieties include japonica and williamsii (8)

19 The letter that precedes mu in the Greek alphabet (6)

21 Informal term for a good-looking male celebrity (5-5)

22 A mocking or

rude remark (4)

23 ____ Nostalgia, second studio album by Dua Lipa, released in 2020 (6)

24 A gastric hormone released in response to acid in the small intestine (8)

DOWN

1 ____ box, red, freestanding cylindrical receptacle for receiving postal items (6)

2 George, singersongwriter who had a UK No. 1 hit with Shotgun in 2018 (4)

3 Body of water crossed by ferries between Holyhead and Dublin (5,3) 4 European capital whose official symbol is a bear on its hind legs, feasting on berries (6)

5 A colourless, sweetsmelling liquid once used as a general anaesthetic (10)

6 Knight of the Round Table who threw the sword Excalibur into the lake (8) 8 Open circular or oval venues in which gladiators fought in ancient Rome (13)

13 Attentive to the care and appearance of one’s own residence (5-5)

15 To exclude (5,3)

16 A system of two-way communication by loudspeaker (8)

18 Martin, German religious reformer noted for nailing his Ninety-Five Theses to a church door (6)

20 Fictional villain played by Mike Myers in the Austin Powers film series (2,4)

22 A young kangaroo (4)