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Another General Knowledge crossword this week. If you wish to work on the interactive version, click on this link that will take you to the Crossword Compiler webpage.

Across

7 Black hornless breed from Scotland (8,5)

8 A city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial centre (8)

9 Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns (4)

10 A city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World (7)

12 An ancient port city in southwestern Spain (5)

14 The capital and largest city of Jordan (5)

16 Smartened up informally (7)

19 Read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal (4)

20 A port city in southwestern France; a major centre of the wine trade (8)

22 Voltaic cell that produces approximately 1.5 volts (9,4)

Down

1 Scandinavian group of singers (4)

2 A city in Northern Tanzania situated below Mount Meru (6)

3 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963) (7)

4 A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast (5)

5 Italian port and breed of laying poultry with speckled plumage (6)

6 (Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus (8)

11 A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs (3,5)

13 A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church (7)

15 A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990 (6)

17 A durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolours on wet plaster (6)

18 Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-coloured heartwood used in cabinetwork (5)

21 Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin (4)

Here is last week’s solution:

The words of Mary McCarthy are ‘Every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and the’. ‘And’ or ‘the’ had to be added to the word play of the italicised clues to produce forms of dishonesty.

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