GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Zulu belongs to this group of African languages (5) 7 Medical instrument for examining the ear (8) 10 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lee, stand-up comedian who co-wrote the musical Jerry Springer: The Opera (7) 11 A personal attendant of a member of the Royal Family (7) 12 Mister Cellophane is a song from this musical (7) 13 Skintight garment worn by acrobats (7) 14 Swedish chemist and industrialist who invented dynamite (6,5) 19 Ross, Chelsea and ex-Everton midfielder (7) 21 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Claiborne, Stephen King thriller published in 1992 (7) 23 Jane, Top Of The Lake director (7) 25 The _______, 1982 legal drama starring Paul Newman (7) 26 Leader of a rebellion against King Henry VI in 1450 (4,4) 27 _____ Wyn Jones, Plaid Cymru leader 2000 to 2012 (5)

DOWN

1 ________ Kauffman, Swiss neoclassical painter born in 1741 (8) 2 Simba’s father in The Lion King (6) 3 Dacre, actor who plays Billy Hargrove in Stranger Things (10) 4 Brendan, New Zealand ballroom dancer formerly on Strictly (4) 5 Leonidas I was a noted king of this ancient kingdom (6) 6 To cut in two (6) 8 Unit of electric charge named after a French physicist (7) 9 _____ Carter, Wonder Woman actress (5) 13 Welsh athlete who won long jump gold at the 1964 Olympics (4,6) 15 William Wallace was defeated in a battle here by Edward I in 1298 (7) 16 Jacques-Henri, 20th century French photographer (8) 17 Counting frames (5) 18 Chris, England rugby league and union player born in 1987 (6) 20 The first of the titular presenters of Gordon, Gino & Fred: Road Trip (6) 22 Philip, English poet who wrote the poem Toads (6) 24 ____ And The Whale, British indie rock and folk band formed in 2006 (4)