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Simply General Knowledge! (518) Crossword Puzzle

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General knowledge clues from across the boards, with several 15 letter answers. Have fun and good luck!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. A crude incendiary device consisting of a bottle filled with flammable liquid (7,8)
      9. Censure severely or angrily (9)
      10. A celestial body that orbits the sun along an elongated path (5)
      11. The coming-of-age novel "Jim the Boy" published in June 2000, was written by Tony ___ (6)
      12. A stimulant drug which is used as an appetite suppressant, with the brand name 'Sanorex' (8)
      13. A horse-racing bet in which the first and second horses are predicted in order (6)
      15. An advertisement, printed on a leaflet intended for wide distribution (8)
      18. American rock band who released the studio album "Marauder" in 2018 (8)
      19. Birthplace in 1914, of the author of the 1959 book "Cider with Rosie" (6)
      20. An expressway in the USA on which tolls are charged (8)
      22. In astronomy the highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body (6)
      25. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow (5)
      26. Italian architect, awarded the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1990 (4,5)
      27. Maui and Molokai are located in this archipelago in the Pacific Ocean (8,7)

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      1. Actress who starred as Elizabeth Madden, in the 1942 film "The Lady Is Willing" (7,8)
      2. A person suffering from Hansen's disease (5)
      3. One of three terms into which an academic year is divided in some universities (9)
      4. Small town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, birth place of Hall of Fame jockey Bobby Ussery (4)
      5. "The ___", an album by British singer Nick Lowe released in 2011 (3,5)
      6. The Japanese city Shimanto is located in ___ Prefecture (5)
      7. A small mammal with an armored shell, found in the Americas (9)
      8. A novel by Irish author Edna O'Brien published in 2015, "The ___" (6,3,6)
      14. A studio album from Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan, released in 2003 (9)
      16. A novel by Nelson DeMille, published in May 1981 (9)
      17. A track on the 1985 album "Dream into Action" by British singer Howard Jones (4,4)
      21. The county seat of Orange County, Indiana (5)
      23. Norwegian playwright and writer of "A Doll's House" in 1879, Henrik ___ (5)
      24. Winner of the 1996 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships - Men's elite race, ___ van der Poel (4)