GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7 Geological era that includes the Jurassic period when dinosaurs flourished (8) 9 A freezing compartment in a refrigerator (6) 10 The ____ , London cricket ground that staged England’s first international football match in 1870 (4) 11 Term meaning ‘secret’ or ‘underhand’ (10) 12 A nursery for brief or daylong care of young children (6) 14 _____ lady/man, roadcrossing warden carrying a pole with a disc at the end (8) 15 Colourless, odourless gas in the earth’s atmosphere originally called fixed air (6,7) 17 The range of colour produced by a prism or diffraction grating (8) 19 The Great ____ , novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in 1925 (6) 21 A seven-event athletics contest, usually for women, including shot put, javelin and high jump (10) 22 James T. ____, captain of the starship USS Enterprise in the original series of Star Trek played by William Shatner (4) 23 Ambrose ____, U.S. wit who created The Devil’s Dictionary (6) 24 Clint ____, U.S. actor who won a Best Director Oscar for the 2004 film Million Dollar Baby (8)
DOWN
1 U.S. city nicknamed The Mile High City because of its elevation above sea level (6) 2 ____ Edmonds, presenter of the TV game show Deal Or No Deal (4) 3 A broad-brimmed hat, usually of soft material, common in Mexico (8) 4 Heavy fuel oil used in some engines (6) 5 One who is skilled in making pottery (10) 6 An unfortunate or unwelcome topic, comment or piece of news, figuratively (4,4) 8 U.S. film director noted for his love of spectacle whose work includes The Ten Commandments (5,1,7) 13 An absurd or ludicrous imitation or version of something (10) 15 Comic ballet by French composer Leo Delibes that premiered in 1870 (8) 16 Term for an individual animal, plant or singlecelled life form (8) 18 Johnny ____, stage name of John Lydon, lead vocalist of the British punk band The Sex Pistols (6) 20 Amanda ____, actress who played Dr Beth Glover in the TV drama series Peak Practice (6) 22 ____ fruit or Chinese gooseberry (4)
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