GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

5 A rower who sits closest to the stern of the boat, setting the timing (6) 7 Jonny, Yorkshire righthanded batsman who scored England’s second fastest Test fifty on record (8) 9 A politician who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel disaffected by elite groups (8) 10 ____ Battersby, character in Coronation Street played by Jane Danson (6) 11 Flight Of ____, orchestral interlude by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (3,6,3) 13 A container also known as a thurible, swung in Eastern Orthodox and Anglican services (6) 15 U.S. term for a

curriculum vitae (6) 18 Song by The Rolling Stones from the album Let It Bleed that features in three Martin Scorsese films (5,7) 21 ____ Holmes, Northern Irish broadcaster who co-hosted TV’s This Morning (6) 22 To reveal details about a previously private concern (2,6) 23 An unhappy or disappointed expression (4,4) 24 Rugby union club based in Wigan, whose nickname is the Anvils (6)

DOWN

1 Carry On ____, last of the comic series, released in 1992 (8) 2 A person that claims to be in contact with the spirits of the dead (6) 3 A unit of atmospheric

pressure (8) 4 Second English language studio album by Enrique Iglesias released in 2001 (6) 6 Cups awarded as a prize

for victory or success (8) 7 Small town in East Sussex named after an event taking William I to the English throne in 1066 (6) 8 A pig’s characteristic

grunting sound (4) 12 ____ College, London university founded in 1907, specialising in science and engineering (8) 14 Nationality of

Nicolae Ceausescu (8) 16 Austrian city in which the 1965 film The Sound Of Music was largely shot (8) 17 Snoopy, fictitious dog in the Peanuts comic strip, was this breed (6) 18 Bobby, English former darts player born in 1945 who was nicknamed King Of Bling (6) 19 A genre of music characterised by a strong, rhythmic beat and a rapping vocal track (3-3) 20 ____ effect, the positive impact on a company’s sales based on the popularity of one product (4)

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