GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

8 ____ Development, U.S. TV sitcom featuring the Bluth family (8) 9 Ronald ____ , two-term U.S. president whose vice president was George H.W. Bush (6) 10 Substances obtained from a plant used to flavour drinks such as gin (10) 11 Another term for prison (4) 12 A period of ten years (6) 14 Mysterious or taught to

a select few (8) 15 Mike ____ : England Manager, 2001 satirical comedy film starring Ricky Tomlinson (7) 17 Person who is second in charge in operating the controls of an aircraft (7) 20 A group of musicians

playing together (8) 22 ____ & Louise, 1991 female buddy road movie starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon (6) 24 A formal legal

document (4) 25 Wallabies and wombats belong to this group of pouched mammals (10) 27 ____ Fanning, U.S. actress who plays Sara Howard in the TV period drama The Alienist (6) 28 To get down from a horse

or bicycle (8)

DOWN

1 Chris ____ , British cyclist born in Kenya who has won the Tour de France four times (6) 2 A crumbly, white

Greek cheese (4) 3 Loud and grating (8) 4 British crime writer who created the detectives Cordelia Gray and Adam Dalgliesh (1,1,5) 5 A painting on a wall covered with damp, freshly laid plaster (6) 6 A half-hardy perennial plant also known as the oxeye daisy (10) 7 A horse of largely Arab blood, usually pale tan, yellow or gold in colour (8) 13 Not using one’s vote, especially in a political ballot (10) 16 Not standard or deviating

from regular rules (8) 18 A sudden violent

expression of feeling (8) 19 To lower in character,

value or position (7) 21 Jasprit ____ , Indian right arm fast bowler who made his full Test debut in 2018 (6) 23 Pauline ____ , Irish actress who played Mrs Doyle in the TV sitcom Father Ted (6) 26 ____ Maiden, British heavy metal band formed in 1975 whose lead vocalist is Bruce Dickinson (4)

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