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Simply General Knowledge! (500) Crossword Puzzle

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A wide range of general knowledge clues have been rounded up for the 500th crossword in this series. Have fun and Good Luck!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. An absurdist novel by Tobias Smollett published in 1751, "The Adventures of ___" (9,6)
      9. Gold medalist for New Zealand at the 2020 Olympics in the Women's Single sculls (4,5)
      10. The 2016 album "Long Live the Angels", was by Scottish singer and songwriter Emeli ___ (5)
      11. Novel by Louise Erdrich, winner of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction (6)
      12. Austria's third largest lake by area, also known as Kammersee (8)
      13. Published in 1990, a psychological thriller by novelist Patrick McGrath (6)
      15. Published in 1876, a five-act play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen (4,4)
      18. American politician who was Mayor of Fresno, California from 1985-1989, ___ Edwin ___ (4,4)
      19. A novel by American author Chuck Palahniuk, published in 2011 (6)
      21. A spar projecting from the front of a vessel (8)
      23. A novel by Australian born writer James Clavell, published in 1975 (6)
      26. A studio album by Mexican rock band The Warning, released in 2022 (5)
      27. Lacking discretion, wisdom or good judgment (9)
      28. A number one US smash hit single for The Shangri-Las in 1964 (6,2,3,4)

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      1. Hay Lodge Hospital is located in this town in the Scottish Borders (7)
      2. Mariano ___, Prime Minister of Italy from December 1968 to August 1970 (5)
      3. Town in north-east England, where the sculpture "Angel of the North" can be viewed (9)
      4. A warm weather wading bird with a long neck, long legs and a curved beak (4)
      5. A 2005 Canadian drama film starring Brendan Fletcher as Private Jason Anders (8)
      6. An album by the German death metal band Dew-Scented, released in 2005, "___ VI" (5)
      7. A market town in Norfolk, England, birth place of rock band Queen drummer Roger Taylor (5,4)
      8. Track 4 on Kendrick Lamar's 2017 studio album "Damn" (7)
      14. The Australian city Wollongong is located in this region of New South Wales (9)
      16. Patrick Swayze starred as James Dalton in this 1989 action movie (4,5)
      17. Besarion Jughashvili the father of Joseph Stalin, was born here in Georgia in 1850 (4,4)
      18. The spouse of American director and screenwriter Christin Baker from 2011-2014 (3,4)
      20. 1995 world all-around champion artistic gymnast Lilia Podkopayeva was born here in 1978 (7)
      22. Examine and describe the grammar of a sentence (5)
      24. ___ Gerwig stars as Brooke Cardinas, in the 2015 comedy film "Mistress America" (5)
      25. The larva of an oyster or similar bivalve (4)