GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

5 _____ nero, strongflavoured Italian cabbage (6) 7 Dexter, English director of the Elton John biopic Rocketman (8) 9 Largest of the Canary Islands whose Mount Teide is Spain’s highest peak (8) 10 Non-metallic element found in diamond and graphite (6) 11 English actress who played Purdey in The New Avengers (6,6) 13 ____ system, a decimal one of weights and measures (6) 15 Type of footwear with the sole bound to the foot by straps (6) 18 1993 Steven Spielberg film adapted from a Michael Crichton novel (8,4) 21 Andie MacDowell’s character in Four Weddings and a Funeral (6) 22 Determined or having a fixed purpose (8) 23 New Year’s Eve in Scotland (8) 24 George, U.S. cavalry officer at the Battle of The Little Bighorn (6)

DOWN

1 Chief executive politician in each U.S. state (8) 2 ____ Seles, Serbian-born U.S. ex-tennis player and nine-time Grand Slam singles champion (6) 3 Pillars of ___ , two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar (8) 4 Disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C (6) 6 Plants of the crowfoot family (8) 7 Young animal in the egg or womb when its parts are distinctly formed (6) 8 Greek god of love (4) 12 René, Belgian surrealist painter (8) 14 Surname of the main family in The Godfather series (8) 16 Nationality of people whose capital is Kathmandu (8) 17 A predatory bird that feeds on fish (6) 18 Jerome K., English writer noted for Three Men in a Boat (6) 19 A cricket is this class of animal (6) 20 Song by Beyoncé that reached No 4 in the UK charts in 2009 (4)