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Simply General Knowledge! (142) Crossword Puzzle

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More General Knowledge clues. With all answers common to both US and British spelling. Good luck!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. A yellow property on the UK version of the Monopoly boardgame (8,6)
      10. ___ Deschanel, was cast as Dr. Temperance Brennan in the US TV series "Bones" (5)
      11. Former French international football player Zinedine Zidane was born here (9)
      12. A comic opera set in Japan by Gilbert and Sullivan (3,6)
      13. Alice ___, Canadian novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 (5)
      14. A painting of 1856 by John Everett Millais "___ Leaves" (6)
      16. A small dagger with a slender blade (8)
      18. The very first novel from George Eliot published in 1859 (4,4)
      20. A short light sleep, not usually in bed (6 or 3,3)
      23. a 2010 US teen comedy with Emma Stone as Olive Penderghast (4,1)
      24. Characteristic of an uncle, being helpful towards someone younger (9)
      26. English military leader Oliver Cromwell was nicknamed "Old ___" (9)
      27. Ashcroft v. ___, a United States Supreme Court case decided in May 2009 (5)
      28. A yellow property on the US version of the Monopoly boardgame (8,6)

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      2. Relating to or resembling sheep (5)
      3. Studio album by the Pet Shop Boys released in 2012 (7)
      4. an album by American jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, recorded in 1964 (3,3)
      5. The author of the novel "Black Beauty" was born in Great ___ (8)
      6. An upward current of warm air used by birds to gain height (7)
      7. American jazz musician and bandleader Edward Kennedy ___, simply known as "Duke" (9)
      8. Novel by Alice Walker that won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (3,5,6)
      9. Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama (7,7)
      15. A fungus similar to a mushroom that is usually inedible (9)
      17. A 1991 historical film with Tilda Swinton as Isabella (6,2)
      19. Sir Richard ___ founded the multi-national corporation "Virgin Group Ltd" (7)
      21. A collection of historical documents or where they are stored (7)
      22. You would be able to view Mount Elbrus in this country (6)
      25. An independent film released in 2008 featuring Chris Violette and Kelson Henderson (5)