GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7 ____ Girls, 1997 film directed by Mike Leigh (6) 8 David, U.S. actor and professional wrestler, exhusband of Courteney Cox (8) 9 Charlie, Tony Blair’s second Lord Chancellor (8) 10 Richard, Maurice Moss actor in The IT Crowd (6) 11 Franz Kafka novel describing the arrest of Josef K (3,5) 12 ____ Island, Chilean Pacific Ocean dependency noted for its stone statues (6) 13 Jumpers and Arcadia playwright (3,8) 18 Fastening material whose name comes from the French for hooked velvet (6) 20 Device for sending off a rocket (8) 22 Shirley, Len Goodman’s successor as Strictly head judge (6) 23 Fabric decorated with glittering particles (8) 24 Channel Island whose capital is St Peter Port (8) 25 Mythological water nymph who becomes human if she falls in love with a man (6)
DOWN
1 Julia, Dorcas Lane actress in Lark Rise to Candleford (7) 2 Romeo’s friend in Romeo and Juliet (8) 3 Islamic sultanate on the northern coast of Borneo (6) 4 To settle for example an account or bill (6,2) 5 David Bowie album released in 1977 (6) 6 Craig, U.S. golfer nicknamed The Walrus (7) 8 In Scotland, a huntiegowk is a trick to mark it (5,5,3) 14 Martin, The Wolf of Wall Street director (8) 15 Frank, a pseudonym of Charles Hamilton, author who created Billy Bunter (8) 16 Disease caused by bacteria entering wounds, also called lockjaw (7) 17 Ronan, former member of Boyzone (7) 19 Vegetable with pale green stalks often eaten raw in salads (6) 21 Planet in the solar system with the third largest radius (6)