GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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6 ____ colour, any of a basic set that can be mixed to produce others (7) 7 A person who

lubricates machinery (5) 9 ____ Healy, lead singer and lyricist of Scottish rock quartet Travis (4) 10 Long ____, expression meaning ‘of advanced years’ (2,3,5) 11 The Silence Of ____, novel and film featuring Hannibal Lecter (3,5) 13 ____ Boateng, English fashion designer born in 1967 (6) 15 Character played by Julie Christie in 1966 film Doctor Zhivago (4) 17 Tim, first official British astronaut to walk in space in 2016 (5) 18 The number of people who pay to enter a sports ground for an event (4) 19 Cricketer such as Don Bradman or Denise Annetts (6) 20 ____ Common, site in Berkshire of antinuclear weapons protests in the 1980s (8) 23 Regarding the identification of an illness by examination of symptoms (10) 26 A thin strip of material that vibrates in a musical instrument (4) 27 ____ Ekberg, Swedish actress who starred in Fellini’s 1960 film La Dolce Vita (5) 28 ____ Udogie, left back who joined Tottenham Hotspur FC in 2022 (7)

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1 Writer of the theme song for the Bond film From Russia With Love (6,4) 2 Element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898 (6) 3 Peer ____, play by Henrik Ibsen first performed in 1876 (4) 4 ____ conclusion, a result that is obvious before it happens (8) 5 Saint ____ of Formia, Christian martyr who was patron saint of sailors (4) 6 Scottish town given city status in the late Queen’s 2012 Diamond Jubilee (5) 8 Sir Joseph, Polish-born physicist noted as a critic of nuclear weapons (7) 12 Informal language usually more common in speech than writing (5) 14 A convoy of covered horse-drawn vehicles used by settlers in the U.S. (5,5) 16 A high-quality coffee bean (7) 17 ____ Jesus, song by Depeche Mode inspired by Priscilla Presley’s memoir (8) 21 A lack of moderation, especially in eating and drinking (6) 22 ____ Brooks, actor who played Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (5) 24 A member of a camera crew who moves and sets up equipment (4) 25 ____ Haynes, director whose films include Far From Heaven and Carol (4)

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