GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Ingenious or skilful (6) 8 London’s largest airport, opened in 1946 (8) 9 Helen, English writer who created Bridget Jones (8) 10 Children’s book by Roald Dahl published in 1982 (3,3) 11 Predatory fish with a long ribbon-shaped body noted for its aggression when disturbed (5,3) 12 Pat, Irish jockey and three-time winner of the Epsom Derby (6) 13 Colloquial term for commercial music industry, originating from a location in New York (3,3,5) 18 Maurice, U.S. children’s book writer noted for Where The Wild Things Are (6) 20 Romance language spoken in northwestern Spain (8) 22 Wall paintings (6) 23 Doug, Welsh ex-snooker player who was runner-up in the 1981 World Championship (8) 24 Venus, U.S. tennis player who has won five Wimbledon women’s singles titles (8) 25 Richard, Love Actually writer and director (6)

DOWN

1 Chris, British stand-up comedian who played Ollie Reeder in The Thick Of It (7) 2 A variety of cabbage with a turnip-like edible stem (8) 3 Humorous name given to Australian English (6) 4 William, actor who was the first Doctor Who (8) 5 The ____ , U.S. police TV drama starring Michael Chiklis (6) 6 _____ Night, an annual UK commemoration on November 5th (7) 8 Event in the north of Scotland including caber tossing, bagpiping and traditional dancing (8,5) 14 Asian country whose largest city is Karachi (8) 15 Latin phrase used to indicate other items inferred, meaning ‘and the rest’ (2,6) 16 Yehudi, U.S.-born violinist and conductor who died in 1999 (7) 17 A measure of the energy-producing value of food (7) 19 ____ nightshade, another name for the plant belladonna (6) 21 A large power-driven boat for pleasure or short runs (6)

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