General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

7. See 17 Across

8. State capital of Alaska (6)

10. The male of the roe deer (7)

11 & 25A US secretary of state since 2001 (5,6)

12. Leader of congregational prayer in a mosque (4)

13. Genus of small terrestrial lizards which inhabit warm regions of the Old World (5)

17 & 7A 2001 film starring Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett (5,6)

18. Unfermented soyabean curd, eaten as a foodstuff (4)

22. Mark placed over a letter, such as the n in the Spanish señor (5)

23. City in S.E. France which was seat of the papacy from 1309-77 (7)

24. South African monkey having a reddish patch beneath the tail (6)

25. See 11

DOWN

1. Aromatic plant whose aniseedflavoured leaves are used in soups (7)

2. Cathy, 2000 Olympic women’s 400m champion (7)

3. --- 1, Russian spacecraft which crash-landed on return to earth in 1967 (5)

4. See 19 Down

5. H.G., author of the novel The Time Machine (5)

6. Peter, former valet in The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (5)

9. Strait between Norway and Denmark (9)

14. 1938 film for which Bette Davis won a Best Actress Oscar (7)

15. ‘The ---’, 1985 film starring Sean Astin and Josh Brolin (7)

16. Sally, 1992 Olympic women’s 400m hurdles champion (7)

19 & 4D Actor who directed the 1996 film Trees Lounge (5,7)

20. 1989 film for which Denzel Washington won Best Supporting Actor Oscar (5)

21. The --- Sea is the part of the Indian Ocean northwest of Western Australia (5)