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Simply General Knowledge! (529) Crossword Puzzle

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A smaller grid than usual in this series, but hopefully solving it will be enjoyable!
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. The most easterly of the Canary Islands (9)
      8. Jawaharlal ___ the first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947-1964 (5)
      9. Island in the Mediterranean, awarded the George Cross by King George VI in 1942 (5)
      10. Natalie Wood portrayed Gretchen in the 1952 drama "The ___" (4)
      12. John ___ Scottish mathematician who originated the concept of logarithms (6)
      14. A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles (6)
      15. The whorl left by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk (4)
      18. A triangle having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees (5)
      19. A mountain range in South America extending 8,000 km from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego (5)
      21. American singer who released the 2006 studio album "A Thousand Different Ways" (4,5)

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      2. Character portrayed by Ian Holm in the 1979 science fiction film "Alien" (3)
      3. The supreme god of ancient Greek mythology (4)
      4. Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases, awarded the Nobel Prize in 1904, William ___ (6)
      5. Port city on the Gulf of Finland, the capital of Estonia (7)
      6. Large antelopes with curved horns, native to Africa (4)
      7. The 2015 studio album "Suffer in Peace" was by American country music artist Tyler ___ (4)
      11. Opening track on side two of Brenda Lee's 1964 studio album "By Request" (2,5)
      13. A mechanical model of the solar system, or parts of it (6)
      14. The former name of Thailand (4)
      16. A 1979 film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Nastassja Kinski and Peter Firth (4)
      17. Landlocked country in Western Africa, its capital and largest city is Bamako (4)
      20. British indie rock band who released the album "Grow Into It" in 2018 (3)