GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
7 Max, character played by Jake Wood in EastEnders (8) 9 A tropical South American bird with a large, brightly coloured beak (6) 10 A place on which tents and
the like are pitched (4) 11 ____ hole, humorous term in golf for the bar or restaurant in the clubhouse (10) 12 A Moray eel who serves the sea witch Ursula in the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid (6) 14 ____ Clooney, U.S. singer born in 1928 noted for her song Come On-a My House (8) 15 2002 James Bond film starring Pierce Brosnan with a theme song by Madonna (3,7,3) 17 A cold Spanish soup made from cucumber, tomatoes and peppers (8) 19 ____ Haaland, Norwegian striker born in 2000 who plays for Borussia Dortmund FC (6) 21 Nancy, U.S. actress and painter who voices Bart in the The Simpsons (10) 22 ____ Horton, dim-witted character played by James Fleet in The Vicar Of Dibley (4) 23 One who feeds a furnace with fuel (6) 24 The highest point or summit of achievement (8)
DOWN
1 Stage and film musical featuring Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson as main characters (6) 2 A sudden cold spell (4) 3 A spice with a yellowishbrown colour derived from the dried inner bark of an East Indian tree (8) 4 ____ Quo, first band to play at the Live Aid concert at Wembley in 1985 with their cover of Rockin’ All Over The World (6) 5 Naomi Campbell is an example of such a highranking celebrity in the fashion industry (10) 6 In more recent times (8) 8 A difference of attitude and values between people born in different eras (10,3) 13 A lottery in which the stakes of the participants constitute the prize (10) 15 A decoration, e.g. on a dress, consisting of glittering particles (8) 16 Dressage is the first component of this equestrian competition (8) 18 Those who tend disabled or elderly relatives at home and often are unable to work (6) 20 A petty complaint or
criticism (6) 22 A deceptive trick played as a practical joke or maliciously (4)