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Simply General Knowledge! (52) Crossword Puzzle

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Another round of general knowledge clues. Hopefully something here for everyone! Good luck!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Maximilien ___, French revolutionary and Jacobin leader (11)
      9. A person who designs buildings (9)
      10. Obtain something by seizing forcibly (5)
      11. 1906 novel written by L.Frank Baum under the pen name "Suzanne Metcalf" (7)
      12. Amelia ___, the first woman to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean (7)
      13. Single released in 1976 by Genesis, also on the album "A Trick of the Tail" (9)
      16. A popular belief or story (4)
      18. James Patterson novel published in 2008 (4)
      19. Written notes to aid memory (9)
      22. Surname of actor portraying "Heathcliff" in the 1939 film "Wuthering Heights" (7)
      23. The Yellowhammer State (7)
      25. US TV sitcom 1989-97 starring Craig T. Nelson (5)
      26. Arthur Wynne, accredited inventor of the modern ___ puzzle (9)
      27. The act of keeping something within specified limits (11)

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      1. British cask-conditioned beer (4,3)
      2. Meat from a pig that is smoked or salted then sliced thin and fried (5)
      3. The common name for the tibia (8)
      4. A play by Ayn Rand that premiered in 1989, 7 years after her death (5)
      5. The Dutch city where football club Feyenoord are based (9)
      6. The eighth British King named thus who abdicated in 1936 (6)
      7. English singer affectionately known as "The Forces' Sweetheart" during WWII (4,4)
      8. A sharp spasm of pain in the side, possibly as a result of running (6)
      14. West Indies island where singer Billy Ocean was born (8)
      15. Poetry, often humorous, consisting of five lines (9)
      17. The geologic period that saw the presence of the first dinosaurs (8)
      18. Whisky distilled from malted barley and made in Scotland (6)
      20. In the Arabian Nights, the boy who finds a magic lamp (7)
      21. Musical instrument with strings stretched over a resonating box, plucked with fingers (6)
      23. Love in Paris (5)
      24. Garlic mayonnaise sauce (5)