GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7 Waylon, aide to nuclear power plant owner Mr. Burns in The Simpsons (8) 9 ____ acid, another name for
vinegar (6) 10 A group of families with a common name and ancestor in Scotland (4) 11 The scientific study of the properties and uses of hard substances such as gold and iron (10) 12 ____ powder, a preparation with a pleasant smell put on the body after bathing (6) 14 A narrow passage with buildings or walls on each side (8) 15 The length of time for which a person can concentrate (9,4) 17 To check or hold back (8) 19 Market town in North Yorkshire noted as one end of a cross Pennine rail route that opened in 1876 (6) 21 Chris, ex-cricketer appointed head coach of the England cricket team in 2019 (10) 22 Simon, English comedian who starred in the 2004 horror comedy film Shaun of the Dead (4) 23 Bruce, alter ego of comic
book superhero Hulk (6) 24 A person who refuses to conform to the views of a group or party (8)
DOWN
1 ____ Clarke, English actress who played Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones (6) 2 School in Berkshire that has educated twenty British prime ministers (4) 3 A person who steers a ship
or other vessel at sea (8) 4 ____ Gibran, LebaneseAmerican author of The Prophet, first published in 1923 (6) 5 A place in the countryside with attractive scenery (6,4) 6 A domestic electrical supply in which outlet sockets are connected in a continuous closed circuit (4,4) 8 Informal term for the meeting place in the White House for managing crises and assessing intelligence (9,4) 13 British singer/songwriter, also known as Yusuf Islam, whose hits include Moonshadow (3,7) 15 Nationality of fashion designer Calvin Klein born in 1942 (8) 16 A sudden drop or
decline (8) 18 The Roman goddess of the
dawn (6) 20 A bequest or thing handed
down by a predecessor (6) 22 A knitting stitch made by doing a plain stitch backwards (4)
SOLUTION TOMORROW