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General knowledge again this week – a theme runs through this one. If you prefer to work on the interactive web page or to download a pdf of the crossword, click on this link that will take you to the Crossword Compiler web page.

Across

7 Cooked meat and/or vegetables served with a soft tortilla and grated cheese (6)

8 A peninsula in southwestern Europe (6)

9 Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (4)

10 Relating to or characteristic of the Roman Catholic church in France (8)

11 A seaport at the foot of Mt Etna in Sicily (7)

13 A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall (5)

15 Pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds (5)

17 A public walk, especially between rows of poplars (7)

20 A dissolute character in Shakespeare’s plays (8)

21 Date of the Allied landing in France, World War II (1-3)

23 The supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma) (6)

24 Dried grape (6)

Down

1 Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989) (4)

2 An elaborate party (often outdoors) (6)

3 Sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water (7)

4 Garlic mayonnaise (5)

5 The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan (6)

6 Related to a crystal face or a crystallographic form consisting of a pair of faces, parallel to two axes (8)

12 City on the coast of Spain (8)

14 Having or resembling wings (7)

16 Capital and largest city and economic and cultural centre of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic (6)

18 The capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum (6)

19 Light savoury snacks or appetizers (5)

22 An elaborate song for solo voice (4)

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