GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Leonard, World War II RAF pilot who founded a charity for homes for the disabled (8) 9 Biscuit or gingerbread made from oatmeal and treacle (6) 10 A member of the audience in the cheapest part of a theatre (10) 11 Starship Enterprise helmsman played by George Takei in the original Star Trek series (4) 12 Light and clear purplish-red (6) 14 Anne, actress who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Les Misérables (8) 15 Stringed musical instruments with a long neck and circular body of stretched parchment (7) 17 Side of a coin bearing the head or principal symbol (7) 20 Highest classification of vineyards in Burgundy and Alsace (5,3) 22 To kindle or set alight (6) 24 Small shorebird of the sandpiper family (4) 25 Sci-fi comedy film franchise starring Will Smith and Tommy

Lee Jones (3,2,5) 27 Largest city and capital of the Comoros (6) 28 _____ Park, West London site in which the Premier League’s

VAR system is based (8)

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1 Historical TV drama series starring Sean Bean based on books by Bernard Cornwell (6) 2 The eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca in the bible (4) 3 Clarence, U.S. businessman who developed a process for freezing foods in small packages (8) 4 Spanish-American dish of raw fish marinaded in lime or lemon juice (7) 5 Small wooden peg used to block the hole of a barrel or cask (6) 6 An aquatic hard-shelled animal like a lobster (10) 7 Mark, Welsh snooker player who has been World Champion three times (8) 13 Court order that prohibits or mandates a certain action (10) 16 Haphazardly (2,6) 18 Actor who played Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter (5,3) 19 Peninsula in southern Cumbria that includes Ulverston (7) 21 An apprentice chef or waiter (6) 23 Chris, U.S. comedian and actor in the Rush Hour film series (6) 26 Norse trickster god (4)