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Simply General Knowledge! (242) Crossword Puzzle

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Another wide ranging assortment of general knowledge clues from across the boards. Have fun and good luck!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Crude incendiary bomb, a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick (7,8)
      9. English actor Richard Attenborough was born in this university city in 1923 (9)
      10. At Wimbledon in 2010, John ___ played in the longest tennis match in history (5)
      11. A 2007 science fiction novel by Scott Westerfeld, in the Uglies series (6)
      12. The Canadian professional tennis player Eugenie Bouchard was born here in 1994 (8)
      13. In the 1935 film "China Seas", Jean ___ starred as Dolly 'China Doll' Portland (6)
      15. The world's highest active volcano, located in central Ecuador (8)
      18. "By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea": Kipling's "The Road to ___" (8)
      19. In Greek mythology, the twin brother of Artemis (6)
      21. The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica Catholic Church, is here in Michigan (5,3)
      23. Studio album "The Mouths of Madness" was released in 2013 by this metal band (6)
      26. The 1927 French opera "Angélique", was composed by Jacques ___ (5)
      27. Nickname of American stand-up comedian and actor Scott Thompson (6,3)
      28. In 2010 this show won the Best Sitcom award at the British Comedy Awards (3,12)

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      1. King of Scotland from 1040 until his death in 1057 (7)
      2. A restriction on the size or amount of something permissible (5)
      3. The Santa Tecla Festival takes place in this Catalonian port city (9)
      4. Novel from American author Marge Piercy, published in 1980 (4)
      5. English title of poem written in 1785 by German poet Friedrich Schiller (3,2,3)
      6. Austrian painter Gustav ___, his works include the 1908 oil painting "The Kiss" (5)
      7. A 1977 romantic comedy film, directed by and also starring Woody Allen (5,4)
      8. In German legend, a siren said to lure sailors to destruction onto rocks (7)
      14. King John accepted the Magna Carta here in 1215 (9)
      16. Country music artist Clint Black released this studio album in 2015 (2,7)
      17. The French name for the English Channel (2,6)
      18. A term sometimes used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries (7)
      20. In Greek mythology, he unwittingly married his mother Jocasta (7)
      22. The language of ancient Rome and its empire (5)
      24. English inventor Francis Pettit Smith was born in this market town in 1808 (5)
      25. A large black bird, and also a member of the Siouan people from Montana (4)