I was able to finish General Knowledge 1 with help and now need a little more help to complete the Spiral, please:
Hong Kong until 1997 eg (5,6)
Romantic piano pieces (9)
Deep-billed bird (7)
Style of hit in tennis (7,4)
OT boat (5,3) could it be Noah's ark?
All help much appreciated. Serenades from bookbinder has led me to nocturnes which gels with the "n" in knuckleduster. Sorry I can't answer aelmpvw's question.