GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

5 Anya and Desiree are two varieties of this vegetable (6) 7 Lenience in the exercise of authority or power (8) 9 Leo, Ireland’s taoiseach from 2017 to 2020 (8) 10 Fictional Midlands town in which the TV series A Touch Of Frost was set (6) 11 A series of six children’s novels set in a girls’ boarding school by Enid Blyton (6,6) 13 ____ Carlsen, Norwegian chess grandmaster born in 1990 (6) 15 Henry the ____ , English Tudor monarch in whose reign the Battle of Flodden took place in 1513 (6) 18 2014 thriller film starring Denzel Washington as former special agent Bob McCall (3,9) 21 ____ meal, a mixture containing a white compound opaque to X-rays (6) 22 Something that counteracts a poison (8) 23 The mausoleum of former Yugoslav leader Tito is in this capital city (8) 24 Arguments or altercations (3-3)

DOWN

1 A sweet biscuit made with egg white and ground almonds or coconut (8) 2 Somewhat artificially traditional in style (6) 3 Successor band formed by the remaining members of Oasis after Noel Gallagher left in 2009 (5,3) 4 Les, English TV presenter and comedian who played Michael Rodwell in Coronation Street (6) 6 José María, Spanish golfer who won the U.S. Masters in 1994 and 1999 (8) 7 A line of police or soldiers or a system of road-blocks to control passage into and out of an area (6) 8 Beryl, English artist born in 1926 noted for her bulky figures and lively scenes (4) 12 Rachel, English downhill mountain bike racer and fivetime world champion (8) 14 An early, pre-electric motor vehicle propelled by an external combustion engine (5,3) 16 The act of reducing to powder (8) 17 ____ eyes, imagined condition affecting those who watch too much TV (6) 18 British fashion model and 1960s icon who was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2019 (6) 19 Professionals facetiously called thespians (6) 20 James, English darts player born in 1983 nicknamed The Machine (4)

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