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Simply General Knowledge! (317) Crossword Puzzle

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For this my 500th FT crossword I've included a few clues which relate to the number 500. Have fun!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Studio album from Welsh rock band Man, released in 1995 (4,4,3,4)
      9. Winner of the Daytona 500 motor race in 1998, Dale ___ (9)
      10. "An Illustrated History of Fashion; 500 Years of Fashion Illustration" by ___ Mackrell (5)
      11. Norwegian poet Johan Herman Wessel, was born here in Akershus county in 1742 (6)
      12. Johann Walravan was cast as this burglar, in the Australian soap opera "Home and Away" (3,5)
      13. Released in 1990, a studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC, "The ___ Edge" (6)
      15. A steersman of a racing boat who directs the rowers (8)
      18. "500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North ___ Indians", a 1994 book by Alvin M Josephy (9)
      19. Jack Nicholson starred as Colonel Nathan R. ___, in the 1992 film "A Few Good Men" (6)
      21. Characterized by friendliness and absence of discord (an adjective, with last letter 'e') (8)
      23. "500 Days of ___", a 2009 romantic comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom Hansen (6)
      26. "Happiness Is .. 500 Things to Be Happy ___", a 2014 book by Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar (5)
      27. The 1949 Italian film "Catene (Chains)" was directed by ___ Matarazzo (9)
      28. Former French commune, merged into the new commune Val-de-Virvée in 2016 (5-2-8)

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      1. American winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1998, Eddie ___ (7)
      2. French motorcycle racer ___ Baz, was European Superstock 600 Champion in 2008 (5)
      3. Actor cast as John Taylor, in the CBS television Western series "Paradise" (4,5)
      4. The 1959 novel "Kings Will Be Tyrants" was written by ___ Hawkins (4)
      5. The opening track on his self titled 1993 album "Peter Andre" (2,3,3)
      6. Published in 2017, "500 Writing Prompts" was written by UK author Sarah ___ (5)
      7. Two 19th century conflicts between China and Britain concerning trade agreements (5,4)
      8. The Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from 1984-1986, Erik ___ (6)
      14. South African born author, awarded the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for fiction in 2013 (3,6)
      16. Review a subject idly or casually and often inconclusively (9)
      17. Australian city where choreographer Craig Revel Horwood was born in 1965 (8)
      18. "Five O'Clock 500" is the opening track on this band's 1998 album "For the Record" (7)
      20. Johnnie ___ was the American winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1950 (7)
      22. ___ Shaw, American composer and bandleader, born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in 1910 (5)
      24. "500 ___ High", track 4 on the 1973 studio album "Light as a Feather" by Return to Forever (5)
      25. Newts in their terrestrial stage of development (4)