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General knowledge again this week. If you wish to work on the interactive version, click on this link that will take you to the Crossword Compiler page.

Across

1 The closing section of a musical composition (4)

3 United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (3,5)

9 Gives a spanking to (7)

10 A composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner (5)

11 A logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations (7,5)

14 The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization (3)

16 The capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast (5)

17 United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1969) (3)

18 A part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics (7,5)

21 British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965) (5)

22 Vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one (7)

23 A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975 (8)

24 The largest continent with 60% of the earth’s population (4)

Down

1 A state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains (8)

2 English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984) (5)

4 Grandchildren in Scotland (3)

5 A shop selling high-quality ready-to-eat food products (12)

6 A Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction (7)

7 A colourless odourless gaseous element that gives a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts (4)

8 United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966) (6,6)

12 Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof (5)

13 A star in Leo approximately 43 light years from Earth (8)

15 A native or resident of Indiana (7)

19 Slender double-reed instruments; woodwinds with conical bores and double-reed mouthpieces (5)

20 Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) (4)

22 Male animal, prostitute or big bell (3)

Here is last week’s solution:

Extra words gave, ‘Province replaces police’. NT (Northwest Territories) replaced MP (Mounted Police).

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