General Knowledge Crossword

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3. Painter whose works include The Night Watch (9)

8. Asian republic whose capital is Baghdad (4)

9. Evonne, 1971 Wimbledon ladies singles tennis champion (9)

10. District of New York City in N.E. Manhattan (6)

11. Eric, British comedian and writer whose films include 1967’s The Plank (5)

14. Leon, Russian painter and stage designer who died in 1924 (5)

15 & 11D 1990 film starring Charlie Sheen (4,5)

16. Geraint, Welsh baritone who gave his farewell performance in 1984 (5)

18. Diane, actress whose films include The Outsiders (4)

20. Town which was one of England’s Cinque Ports (5)

21. Philip, US composer of the opera Akhnaten (5)

24. ‘The ---’, 2018 animated comedy based on a story by Dr. Seuss (6)

25. Antelope, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa (9) 26 & 9D 1924 novel by P.C. Wren (4,5)

27. George, politician caricatured by Smollett as Scragg in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (9)

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1. The black ball in the game of American pool (5,4)

2. US talk show host born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in 1933 (5,4)

4. Ancient kingdom situated between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba (4)

5 & 19D 2000 Stephen Daldry film starring Jamie Bell (5,6)

6. Nelson, author of the novel A Walk on the Wild Side (6) 7. Standard monetary

unit of Vietnam (4) 9. See 26 Across

11. See 15 Across

12. Port and resort in N. Spain noted for its prehistoric collection from nearby caves (9) 13. Eurasian plant such as Chrysanthemum roseum from whose dried flowers an insecticide is prepared (9)

17. Ferocious marine fish having two dorsal fins (5)

19. See 5 Down

22. George, Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (5)

23. River in Scotland which flows through the Grampian Mountains to the Moray Firth (4)

24. Island northwest of, and belonging to, Malta (4)