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Simply General Knowledge! (26) Crossword Puzzle

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Another mixture of General Knowledge clues. To the best of my knowledge all answers are common to both US and British spelling. Good luck!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Twin brother of Princess Leia in the Star Wars series (4,9)
      10. Venus ___ a small carnivorous plant native to Carolina (3-4)
      11. Small mountainous principality between France and Spain (7)
      12. The cardinal point opposite west (4)
      13. Surname of US Open men's tennis champion in 1985, 1986 and 1987 (5)
      14. A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value (4)
      17. Solutions of these crossword clues (7)
      18. 1958 science fiction novel written by Brian Aldiss (3-4)
      19. His love for Heloise is legendary (7)
      22. German State Police during Nazi rule (7)
      24. 1/24th of a day (4)
      25. An underground storage room or crypt (5)
      26. The literary language of Pakistan (4)
      29. American Champion Steeplechase horse in both 1950 and 1951 (7)
      30. In Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", the family name of the latter (7)
      31. The ___, building in Hyde Park that housed the Great Exhibition in 1851 (7,6)

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      2. Novel by James Joyce published in 1922 (7)
      3. The Gaelic name for Ireland (4)
      4. Herrings that have been salted and smoked (7)
      5. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1948 (1,1,5)
      6. Polish city housing the Holocaust monument at Radegast (4)
      7. First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, Amelia ___ (7)
      8. A phrase meaning to complete a task, but not perfectly (5,1,7)
      9. Milk, butter and cheese (5,8)
      15. A person who lives in Dallas perhaps (5)
      16. An aromatic Mediterranean herb with seeds that taste of liquorice (5)
      20. South American country whose name derives from its position on the equator (7)
      21. The lowest point on the earth's surface (4,3)
      22. Cheltenham ___, a prestigious National Hunt horse race run annually in England (4,3)
      23. A synthetic fabric (7)
      27. Primates with very short tails (4)
      28. One of the birthstones for the month of October (4)