GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 British military medal first awarded in 1857 (8,5) 8 ___ Wallin, Swedish heavyweight boxer who lost to Tyson Fury in 2019 (4) 9 Brown University is in this U.S. city (10) 10 Ralf, actor who played Antony in The Royle Family (6) 11 The bronze fountain sculpture, Manneken Pis, is in this city (8) 12 Term for a person without a criminal record (9) 14 The ___ , series of life simulation video games first released in 2000 (4) 15 ___ Sinckler, tighthead rugby union prop for Harlequins and England (4) 16 First published novel by Anne Brontë (5,4) 20 Maggi, British painter and sculptor noted for Scallop on Aldeburgh beach (8) 21 Eldest son of Jacob and Leah in the bible (6) 23 Kim Il-sung was its first supreme leader (5,5) 24 ___ Jazz, U.S. basketball team (4) 25 Neo-classical London building which houses the Courtauld Gallery (8,5)

DOWN

1 Oil of ____ , another name for sulphuric acid (7) 2 Colin, West Indies former fast bowler (5) 3 1950 film directed by Jean Cocteau (7) 4 Shropshire location designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986 (10,5) 5 An exclusive group of people (6) 6 Until 2009, Norway’s lower parliamentary chamber (9) 7 Single-handed implements for cutting crops (7) 13 Latin phrase meaning at will (2,7) 15 British indie rock band noted for their album Myths of the Near Future (7) 17 To nag or scold (7) 18 To raise or upgrade (7) 19 Steven, Canadian-American psychologist and author of Enlightenment Now (6) 22 Large natural sandstone rock formation in central Australia (5) SOLUTION TOMORROW