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Simply General Knowledge! (9) Crossword Puzzle

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Another mixture of general knowledge clues. Some answers will probably come to mind easily, whilst others may need a little research. (Any feedback is always more than welcome)
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Pioneers of punk rock originally fronted by Johnny Rotten (3,7)
      6. A plant of the genus Cannabis (4)
      9. Slang word for a woman who spreads rumors and scandal (5)
      10. Romantic musical film based on the life of Fanny Brice (5,4)
      12. Are these rugby front row forwards 'on the game'? (7)
      13. An Asian water plant with large white or pink flowers (5)
      15. Thracian poet who married Eurydice and sought her in Hades after her death (7)
      17. Surname of the first president of Russia (7)
      19. The Semperoper (opera house) is located in the historic centre of this German city (7)
      21. A branch of mathematics that uses letters and symbols (7)
      22. Device that uses radio waves to detect the position of an object (5)
      24. City in north-west India noted for its 16th century 'City Palace' complex (7)
      27. An inner satellite of Uranus named after the wife of Othello (9)
      28. A domesticated guanaco (5)
      29. A toy consisting of a spool attached to a string (2-2)
      30. English town whose place name is uniquely followed by an exclamation mark (8,2)

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      1. The most northerly island of the Inner Hebrides (4)
      2. The wife of Socrates (9)
      3. Sarah Palin (nee Heath) was born in this US state in 1964 (5)
      4. Nickname of an English soccer club based in Liverpool 'The ___' (7)
      5. Given name of Davenport and Lohan (7)
      7. Surname of poet awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature (5)
      8. Christian feast day commemorating Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem (4,6)
      11. A traditional dessert known in France as Buche de Noel (4,3)
      14. Day on which the Crucifixion of Jesus is commemorated by Christians (4,6)
      16. Sign as evidence of legal transfer (7)
      18. Breed of dog famed for alpine rescues (2,7)
      20. A cell that is the basic unit of the nervous system (alt spelling) (7)
      21. His debut solo album was 'Friend or Foe' released in 1982 (4,3)
      23. Nickname for people with the surname Miller (5)
      25. A lively dance of Bohemian origin (5)
      26. Song recorded by Beyonce for her third studio album in 2009 (4)