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Simply General Knowledge! (36) Crossword Puzzle

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Another mixture of General Knowledge clues. I believe that all of the answers are common to both US and British spelling. Good luck!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Anne ___ , the mother of Queen Elizabeth I (6)
      4. The woman in charge of a convent (6)
      8. Skin that is lined owing to age (8)
      10. Green Day studio album released in October 1997 (6)
      11. The length of time a planet takes to travel around the sun (4)
      12. A fragrant herb used in Asian cooking (10 or 5,5)
      13. Famous New York concert venue (8,4)
      16. She married William Shakespeare in 1582 (4,8)
      20. English new wave band who released the album "Rio" in 1982 (5,5)
      21. Mild Dutch cheese coated with red wax (4)
      22. 1980 romantic musical starring Olivia Newton-John
      23. Tobago's island partner (8)
      24. Calm and composed in manner (6)
      25. Giorgio ___, Italian fashion designer (6)

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      1. Cyrano de ___, 17th century French novelist (8)
      2. Relating to or affecting the moon (5)
      3. It's traditionally burned in the fireplace at Christmas (4,3)
      5. Television western series that starred Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright (7)
      6. The love child of Paquette in 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' (9)
      7. A person's husband or wife (6)
      9. English artist awarded the Turner Prize in 1995 for his sculpture Mother and Child, Divided (6,5)
      14. Former name of the Republic of Malawi (9)
      15. Dutch dancer executed by the French in 1917 for being a German spy (4,4)
      17. Short term expressing certainty (2,5)
      18. A port city in northern Morocco (7)
      19. Formerly prison camps in the Soviet Union (6)
      21. ___ Doolittle as in George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion' (5)