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Simply General Knowledge! (231) Crossword Puzzle

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Another assortment of general knowledge clues from across the boards, with a sprinkling of interesting facts!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Elizabeth Fry, the English prison reformer, was born here in Norfolk in 1780 (7)
      5. A rising current of warm air, used by birds to gain height (7)
      9. A pole used to propel or steer a boat (3)
      10. The studio album "Journeys to Glory" was released by ___ Ballet in 1981 (7)
      11. La Cantatrice Chauve (The Bald Soprano), was the first play written by Eugène ___ (7)
      12. The projecting part of the occipital bone at the base of the skull (5)
      13. This 1984 thriller film starred Clint Eastwood as Wes Block (9)
      14. Lucius is the eldest son of the title character, in this Shakespearean tragedy (5,10)
      19. American actress cast as Kit De Luca, Vivian's roommate in the 1990 film "Pretty Woman" (5,3,7)
      25. She was Emma Peel in the 1960's British TV series "The Avengers" (5,4)
      27. The metal or plastic tube fixed tightly around each end of a shoelace (5)
      28. One of the four official languages of Switzerland (7)
      29. The 1994 studio album "___ Die" was by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (5,2)
      30. In France it simply means yes! (3)
      31. A football club in Liverpool, who are based at Goodison Park (7)
      32. The "Return of Saturn" studio album released in 2000, was by this American rock band (2,5)

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      1. James ___ was cast as Detective Mike Banner in the 2005 thriller "Match Point" (7)
      2. A person who accepts the world as it literally is (7)
      3. Borobudur, the world's largest Buddhist temple, is located in this island country (9)
      4. The actor cast as Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing" was born here in 1952 (7)
      5. Name of the palomino horse ridden by Roy Rogers in numerous Western films (7)
      6. "The Eye of Silence" is a 1944 painting by surrealist artist Max ___ (5)
      7. The celebrated Hungarian film director Emeric Pressburger was born here in 1902 (7)
      8. The posthumous album "___: Hidden Treasures" was released in 2011 for Amy Winehouse (7)
      15. Elder brother of the American composer George Gershwin (3)
      16. A Golden Goddess in the video games "The Legend of Zelda" (3)
      17. Former name of the Republic of Malawi (9)
      18. Albert Einstein was born in this German city in 1879 (3)
      19. A person opposed to new technology or ways of working (7)
      20. Sean Bardin and Robert Cooley directed this 2010 science fiction thriller (7)
      21. The Pont Saint-Bénézet is a famous medieval bridge in this French town (7)
      22. Soviet cosmonaut who made the first manned space flight in 1961, Yuri ___ (7)
      23. The 17th album from Harry Connick Jr., released in 2004 (4,3)
      24. The science fiction novel "The ___" by Mike Resnick, was published in 2001 (7)
      26. A 2006 American comedy film starring JoAnna Garcia and Peter Dobson (1-4)