GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

5 ____ Gibson, first African-American to win the Wimbledon’s women’s singles (6) 7 2016 U.S. superhero film starring Ryan Reynolds (8) 9 Kim, How Clean Is Your House? presenter (8) 10 Nastassja, Paris, Texas actress (6) 11 Single released by The Zombies in 1964 (4,3,5) 13 A disinfecting agent (6) 15 The ____ , novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky published in 1846 (6) 18 The Fighter actor (4,8) 21 _____ Makélélé, French ex-defensive midfielder for Chelsea (6) 22 Wilfred, British soldier and travel writer (8) 23 Actress who plays Eve Polastri in Killing Eve (6,2) 24 Star signs Leo and Virgo cover this month (6)

DOWN

1 Zimbabwe’s former name (8) 2 David, Horatio Caine actor in CSI: Miami (6) 3 Tallulah, Lifeboat actress (8) 4 Basil, architect who designed the modern Coventry Cathedral (6) 6 An omission or ambiguity that allows the terms of a contract to be circumvented (8) 7 Karl, German U-boat fleet commander in the Battle of the Atlantic (6) 8 Gog and Magog at Glastonbury Tor, known as the __ of Avalon (4) 12 Female employed to manage office records (8) 14 A person who practises equestrianism (8) 16 Dolores, fictional bureaucrat in the Harry Potter series played by Imelda Staunton (8) 17 A sample of cloth or carpet (6) 18 _____ Thursday, the day before Good Friday (6) 19 John, Roman Catholic archbishop of Westminster 1963-75 (6) 20 Byname of Michael Balzary, bassist of Red Hot Chili Peppers (4)