GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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7 African capital known until 1976 as Lourenço Marques (6) 8 Ryan, role played by actor Tosin Cole in the TV series Doctor Who (8) 9 A flight recorder, often examined in the event of a crash (5,3) 10 Joe, U.S. zookeeper who was the subject of the 2020 TV documentary Tiger King (6) 11 Rowan, English actor who played a bumbling vicar in the 1994 film Four Weddings And A Funeral (8) 12 A probe or engraving tool (6) 13 An anniversary marking two hundred years (11) 18 Bloodsucking insect that feeds on humans sleeping at night (6) 20 Departures, usually of bodies of people from a country (8) 22 An injury caused by overstretching a muscle (6) 23 Prevalent in a

vague form (2,3,3) 24 ____ Derby, annual horse race held at Churchill Downs that was inaugurated in 1875 (8) 25 More advanced years

or senility (6)

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1 Small villages (7) 2 U.S. term for courgettes (8) 3 U.S. business magazine that compiles an annual list of the world’s top billionaires (6) 4 Gary, Scottish darts player nicknamed The Flying Scotsman (8) 5 ____ Mary, byname of Mary Tudor given by her Protestant opponents (6) 6 ____ Kane, 1941 film starring Orson Welles in the title role (7) 8 U.S. TV series whose protagonist Carrie Bradshaw had Mr Big as a love interest (3,3,3,4) 14 Discredited theory of arranging human reproduction to increase the prevalence of desirable characteristics (8) 15 Casino game sometimes called The Devil’s Game (8) 16 Sean, English actor who narrates the TV show Masterchef: The Professionals (7) 17 Song from the 2013 animated film Frozen sung by U.S. singer Idina Menzel as Queen Elsa (3,2,2) 19 William Peter, U.S. writer noted for his 1971 novel The Exorcist (6) 21 Sets of eight things (6)

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