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Simply General Knowledge! (287) Crossword Puzzle

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Another wide ranging assortment of general knowledge clues. Enjoy and good luck!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. A British dish of leftover potatoes and cabbage, mixed together and fried (6,3,6)
      9. A 2010 film, featuring Devon Graye as a high school wrestler (9)
      10. A Sri Lankan pancake made with fermented rice batter and coconut milk, also called Hoppers (5)
      11. Capital of the Venetia region in Italy, and built on numerous islands (6)
      12. Administrative capital of South Africa, formerly the capital of Transvaal Province (8)
      13. Surname of actor cast as Ken Barlow, in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (6)
      15. Freycinet National Park is the oldest park in this Australian state (8)
      18. Middle name of the title character in "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" novels (8)
      19. Wife of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, Jean ___ (6)
      21. Term used for the celebrations that take place in Scotland on New Year's Eve (8)
      23. The 2006 album "Under The Mango Tree" was recorded by Australian band The ___ Brothers (6)
      26. The relationship in quantity or size between two or more things (5)
      27. English author of the novel "Enchanter's Nightshade", published in 1937 (3,6)
      28. A narrow waterway between Sicily and Calabria, Southern Italy (6,2,7)

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      1. The basic monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 centimos (7)
      2. Menachem ___, Prime Minister of Israel from 1977-83 (5)
      3. She was cast as Mags Flanagan in the 2013 film "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (4,5)
      4. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1934, for his book "The Peoples Choice" Herbert ___ (4)
      5. Fifth studio album from Mariah Carey, released in 1995 (8)
      6. A unit of liquid measure, equal to two pints (5)
      7. An artificial language devised in 1887, based on the roots of chief European languages (9)
      8. The English novelist Marcel Theroux, was born here in Africa in 1968 (7)
      14. A studio album released in 2005, by American indie rock band The National (9)
      16. A carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (5,4)
      17. A 2004 American war film, starring Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston (3,5)
      18. Track 8 on the 2006 studio album "We Don't Need to Whisper" by Angels & Airwaves (2,5)
      20. Matilija poppies, native to California and Mexico, belong to this genus of plants (7)
      22. A sauce made from garlic and mayonnaise (5)
      24. Straight lines from the centres of circles to their edges (5)
      25. An album from the Irish folk group Clannad, released in 1990 (4)