GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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7 A driver of a dog sled (6)

8 One engaged in a craft whose tools include a twister and a leggett (8)

9 A piece of writing produced carelessly or hurriedly (8)

10 Rapper noted for his song Lose Yourself released in 2002 (6)

11 John, actor who played Seymour Simmons in the Transformers film series (8)

12 ____ coat, rainproof outer garment with pockets and a belt (6)

13 A drug used to control heart rhythm and reduce high blood pressure (4,7)

18 Season marked in Simon Armitage’s 2024 poetry collection Blossomise (6) 20 A substance that causes slight inflammation or discomfort to the body (8) 22 A rope or chain for restricting an animal’s movement (6)

23 Those of the highest social

rank in a community (8) 24 A stake showing direction and distance to nearby places (8)

25 ____ in a haystack, phrase meaning ‘an item almost impossible to locate’ (6)

DOWN

1 The pivot around which

a lever turns (7)

2 Tony, singer noted for his 1971 song I Did What

I Did For Maria (8)

3 Hans, the movie villain played by Alan Rickman in Die Hard (6)

4 Having impressive

beauty or scale (8)

5 ____ service, taking part in war as a member of the armed forces (6)

6 ____ Riots, protests in rural Wales from 1839-43, against high levels of taxation (7)

8 ____ Enough, 1999 James Bond film whose title song was performed by Garbage (3,5,2,3)

14 ____ Moncrieff, Lady Bracknell’s nephew in The Importance

Of Being Earnest (8)

15 Enthusiastically praised (8) 16 John Everett Millais painting of a drowning Shakespearean character (7)

17 To fix e.g. equipment or machinery in position ready for use (7)

19 Phrase meaning ‘being

dealt with’ (2,4)

21 Mark, coach reappointed manager of Coventry City FC in 2017 (6)

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