GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD SOLUTION TOMORROW

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ACROSS

7 A worker or machine involved in the last stage of making a product (8)

9 A compartment in a refrigerator for keeping things frozen (6)

10 Prog rock supergroup formed in 1981 that included members of King Crimson and Yes (4)

11 Jon, English comedian and regular panellist on the 8 Out Of 10 Cats shows (10)

12 ____ Shoes, children’s novel by Noel Streatfeild, published in 1936 (6)

14 The unrealistic belief in or pursuit of perfection (8)

15 Expression meaning ‘to abandon an enterprise that is going to be unprofitable’ (3,4,6)

17 Herbaceous plant whose other name is cranesbill (8)

19 Jason, actor who played Captain Hook in the 2003 fantasy film Peter Pan (6)

21 Port town in Suffolk with the largest container port in the UK (10)

22 A large group of people or things of a particular kind (4)

23 Small flat pieces used for covering roofs (6)

24 Song by Rita Ora that reached No. 2 in the UK charts in 2017 (8)

DOWN

1 Medium-sized dog breed from Hungary with a golden-rust coat (6)

2 Birthplace of the Italian

mathematician Fibonacci (4) 3 London location of The Valley, home of the football team nicknamed the Addicks (8)

4 Issey, fashion designer born in 1938, inspired by ancient principles of Japanese clothing (6)

5 Body of water in the Southern Ocean named after a Scottish sailor and navigator (7,3)

6 ____ of Rhodes, ancient wonder of the world dedicated to the Greek sun god Helios (8)

8 Bon Jovi guitarist who played Jacket Potato in the 2023 series of

The Masked Singer (6,7)

13 Opera by Giuseppe Verdi that includes the aria

The Drinking Song (2,8)

15 James, Conservative politician appointed Foreign Secretary in 2022 (8)

16 Longtime love interest of sailor Popeye in the cartoon comic strip (5,3)

18 To demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal (6)

20 Envelopes in philately bearing a stamp, postmark or label of historical interest (6)

22 The official national

currency of Thailand (4)