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Simply General Knowledge! (290) Crossword Puzzle

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As usual, a wide ranging assortment of general knowledge clues. Enjoy and good luck!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Japanese Admiral, responsible for planning the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (7,8)
      9. A fine-grained white or translucent variety of gypsum, often used for statues (9)
      10. Generously sufficient to satisfy a requirement (5)
      11. In Greek mythology, the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun (6)
      12. American actress who played Nurse Bigelow, in the TV series "M*A*S*H" (4,4)
      13. Winner of the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1920, Walther Hermann ___ (6)
      15. Norwegian explorer, who in 1911 was the first to reach the South Pole (8)
      18. A comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, also known as "The Peer and the Peri" (8)
      19. Positively charged electrodes to which negative ions are attracted (6)
      21. a cocktail made with rum, lime juice and sugar (8)
      23. Charles Richmond ___ was Mayor of Adelaide from 1917-1919 (6)
      26. A useful or valuable quality or belonging (5)
      27. Praia is the capital city of this island nation (4,5)
      28. Actress cast as Vickie Lynn, in the 1995 thriller "To the Limit" (4,6,5)

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      1. A person born in Sorrento or Perugia perhaps? (7)
      2. American racehorse, winner of the Triple Crown in 1935 (5)
      3. She was cast as Belle Watling, in the 1939 epic film "Gone With The Wind" (3,6)
      4. In 1913, Earle Foxe and Florence Lawrence starred in "___ the Third Generation" (4)
      5. Abbreviations formed from the initial letters of multi-word names (8)
      6. German theologian Kurt ___, was awarded the 1975 "Burkitt Medal" for Biblical Studies (5)
      7. The 1996 album "Music For Hooligans" was released by Welsh punk band The ___ (9)
      8. In the 2009 martial arts film "Tekken", Kelly ___ was cast as Christie Monteiro (7)
      14. "A Spillage of Mercury" was the first book of poems from Neil ___, published in 1996 (9)
      16. A 1968 science fiction novel, written by Ursula K. Le Guin (4,5)
      17. Located within, or relating to the thorax (8)
      18. Actor Steve McQueen was born in this Midwestern US state (7)
      20. Mascot of professional baseball team the Washington Nationals, first seen in 2005 (7)
      22. The 1931 novel "Roman Holiday" was penned by ___ Sinclair (5)
      24. The opera "Aida" was composed by Giuseppe ___ in 1871 (5)
      25. A translucent gemstone commonly used in jewelry (4)