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This week’s general knowledge crossword has a starry theme. You may prefer to work on the interactive version. Click on this link that will take you to the Crossword Compiler website.

Across

7 A constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus; contains the star Altair (6)

8 Dry red table wine from a region of northern Spain (6)

9 A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; a centre of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years (4)

10 Arranged like rays or radii radiating from a common centre (8)

11 The brightest star in the sky in Canis Major (3,4)

13 A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country (5)

15 Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909) (5)

17 Carping and unjust criticism (7)

20 The currency of the former East Germany (8)

21 A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada (4)

23 A woman chaperone (6)

24 A multiple star with 6 components second brightest in Gemini close to Pollux (6)

Down

1 A shade of blue tinged with green (4)

2 See 11 across (6)

3 A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky (7)

4 A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pisces and Taurus (5)

5 The brightest star in Gemini close to Castor (6)

6 Imaginary people who live on Earth’s neighbour (8)

12 Famous mythical Greek hero. His return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described by Homer (8)

14 An island in the Mediterranean with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France (7)

16 A zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic (6)

18 A genus of hunting spiders including the true tarantula (6)

19 A person born under 4 down (5)

22 God of love, son of Aphrodite, associated with the Roman Cupid (4)

Here is last week’s solution. The hidden word was CUT.

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