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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Across 1.

North-western region of the Indian subcontinent, the cause of wars between India and Pakistan in 1948, 1965 and 1999 (7)

5. Greek island, birthplace of philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras (5)

7. King of the Underworld in Greek mythology (5)

10. Florence-based luxury fashion house founded in 1921 (5)

11. Thick soup of seafood and vegetables, from the French word for a pot (7)

12. Handicraft of interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle (7)

13. Japanese multinational company, founded 1875, which has announced it will split into three companies (7)

15. One of the seven deadly sins (4)

17. “A sleeping cat is ever ___”: Fred Schwab (5)

18. Position held by Jim Bolger and Mike Moore after they had been New Zealand’s Prime Minister (10)

22. What the geese were doing in The Twelve Days of Christmas (6)

24. “The only thing we have to fear is fear ___”: Franklin D. Roosevelt (6)

27. Shaun __ __ __, 2004 horror comedy starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (2,3,4)

28. Symbols used by a branch of the SS during World War II, and more recently by white supremacists (6)

31. Substance which acts as a catalyst in living organisms (6)

32. Profession of Philip Marlowe, Jim Rockford and Sam Spade (7,3)

35. Dutch player who reached

! * %+! !* doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 1977, losing all of

them (5)

36. Co-founder of one of the world’s leading tech companies, who died aged 56 in 2011 (4)

38. “Always live in the ___ house on the street – then you don’t have to look at it”: David Hockney (7)

41. Italian awarded the 1909 Nobel

Prize for his work on long-distance radio transmission (7)

42. Major port in northern France, where the Seine enters the English Channel (2,5)

43. / ! % ! ;<*; ! %! grape hyacinths (7)

44. Procol ____, English band best known for their 1967 hit single A Whiter Shade of Pale (5)

45. A short, simple song (5)

46. 60km-long range of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming (5)

Down 1.

Cavalier ___ ___, small breed of spaniel (4,7)

2. 1963 song which launched the Beatles to fame (3,5,3)

3. Photograph of a person’s face, especially for police records (7)

4. Type of sweet biscuit developed in Yorkshire in the 17th Century (4,3)

5. Key pressed to type capital letters on a keyboard (5)

6. Board game also known as Japanese chess (5)

7. Serpent-like water monster with many heads, in Greek and Roman mythology (5)

8. One of the four major ethnic groups of Classical Greece, along with Aeolian, Achaean and Ionian (6)

9. Scottish game resembling hockey (6)

11. Barrels used for storing alcohol (5)

14. Word which precedes table and manner (7)

15. Greek god of love (4)

16. Meat which is an important ingredient in Italian and French cuisine (4)

19. The fourth largest state in the US by area – 100,000sq km bigger than New Zealand – with a population of 1 million (7)

20. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not ___ of fear”: Mark Twain (7)

21. The ___, 1970s British police drama starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman (7)

23. Young goose (7)

25. Person who studies the origin and history of words (11)

26. Denmark’s current Prime Minister, the country’s second female PM and youngest leader (11)

29. Elderly Maori man (4)

30. Parts of garments which hang down or project and can be folded over (4)

33. 1988 song originally performed by Bonnie Tyler, but better known for a Tina Turner version a year later (3,4)

34. In a group; all together (French) (2,5)

35. “He who is not a good ___ will not be a good master”: Plato (7)

36. Favourite son of Jacob in the Book of Genesis (6)

37. Staff member in a great house who is in charge of the dining room, wine cellar and pantry (6)

38. New Zealand soldier who earned the Victoria Cross twice during World War II (5)

39. Could You Be ___, song released by Bob Marley & The Wailers in 1980 (5)

40. One of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five (5)

January 23, 2022

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