GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7 Italian city that provides the setting for the bulk of Shakespeare’s play Romeo And Juliet (6) 8 Californian university that is located in the East Bay region and was founded in 1868 (8) 9 A narrow bar of wood or metal used for support when going up or down stairs (8) 10 The Blue ____, common title given to a Johann Strauss II waltz, op. 314 (6) 11 A famous or important person in a particular area of activity (8) 12 Continent that includes the Atlas and Nuba mountain ranges (6) 13 A device that is used for measuring temperature, especially of the air or in a person’s body (11) 18 To order someone to a particular place (6) 20 The patron saint of sailors, merchants and archers (8) 22 A person who, in the past, took care of people’s horses when stopping at an inn (6) 23 A rocket that is used to convey a satellite or spacecraft into orbit (8) 24 A hard, dark reddishbrown wood that is used in furniture making (8) 25 An edible kidney-shaped nut that is roasted and shelled before being eaten (6)
DOWN
1 A bacterial infection also known as lockjaw (7) 2 ____ bowl, metaphorical expression for a situation lacking in any privacy (8) 3 Country of which Justin Trudeau is the twenty-third prime minister (6) 4 One who has successfully completed a first academic degree (8) 5 Caitlyn, U.S. transgender rights activist and former Olympic gold medalwinning decathlete (6) 6 The Beatles: ____, 2021 documentary series directed by Peter Jackson about the making of the band’s album Let It Be (3,4) 8 Scottish actor, comedian and musician nicknamed the Big Yin (5,8) 14 A bypass encircling a town (4,4) 15 The removing of evil spirits from a person or place by the use of prayer (8) 16 Jon, English impressionist noted for his work on the radio comedy show Dead Ringers (7) 17 River that forms part of the boundary between the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk (7) 19 John, English poet born in 1608, who wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost (6) 21 A hatch of eggs laid by a particular bird or in a single nest (6)