GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN
ACROSS
1 Vision defect that can be detected by the Ishihara test (6,9)
8 ____ Bea, comedian who plays Aine in comedy series This Way Up (7)
9 French battle tank named after a World War II general posthumously made Marshal of France (7) 10 ____ end, something left
unfinished or undecided (5) 11 A sea serpent in Jewish
mythology (9)
12 The Seven ____, another name for the star cluster The Pleiades (7)
14 ____ Collins, reality TV star and businesswoman born in 1981 (5)
15 Ernst, German statistician born in 1821 noted for the ‘curve’ named after him (5)
17 Relating to an elected or chosen head of a city or town (7)
19 The first versions of TV programmes or films after preliminary editing (5,4) 22 With a curving
trajectory (5)
23 Lacking good manners
or refinement (7)
24 A kind of folk music with a blues or jazz flavour popular in the 1950s (7)
25 1793 painting by JacquesLouis David depicting a French revolutionary’s murder (3,5,2,5)
DOWN
1 French writer noted for his
children’s fairy tales (7,8)
2 Instructive or warning
experiences (7)
3 ____ donor, one of blood type O negative, whose blood can be given to those of any group (9)
4 A term in tennis for a
score of 6-0 in a set (5)
5 _____ Records, British record label founded in 1929 by Edward Lewis (5)
6 Vale of ____, area of Worcestershire noted for fruit and vegetable growing (7)
7 Part of the U.S. constitution giving its citizens the right to bear arms (6,9)
9 Roger, film and stage actor noted for playing ‘Colonel Blimp’ in a 1943 film (7)
13 Port town in Devon that was the birthplace of Ed ‘Stewpot’ Stewart (7)
14 A silvery white semi-metal that was used in early transistors (9)
16 A painting method using opaque pigments ground in water and glue (7)
18 Urban fantasy TV series starring Tom Ellis as a U.S. police consultant (7)
20 On the ___, expression meaning ‘at the restaurant’s expense’ (5)
21 Benjamin, captain played by Avery Brooks in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (5)