GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Informal term for a shy, hesitant person (9,6) 9 Malaysia’s national currency (7) 10 An ugly object or place (7) 11 Indigenous people and majority population in Nunavut in Canada (5) 12 Motor vehicle used as living accommodation by campers (9) 13 1983 Bond film with theme song by Rita Coolidge (9) 15 Antony, English singer/songwriter who performed with the boy band Blue (5) 16 Jean-Paul, French politician assassinated in the bath by Charlotte Corday in 1793 (5) 18 A piece of music to be played slightly quicker than moderately slow (9) 20 The indigenous religion of Japan (9) 23 A no-ball in cricket is an example of this (5) 24 ____ Duncan, U.S. pioneer of modern dance (7) 25 Hybrid prickly shrub with pink or yellow flowers and a delicate scent (3,4) 26 U.S. born Swedish pole vaulter who set a world record in 2020 (6,9)

DOWN

1 Body of water between mainland Italy and Sicily (6,2,7) 2 Fernand, Louis and Marcel, French brothers who formed a car company in 1899 (7) 3 Club or bar for late evening dancing and drinking (9) 4 Accompanying or following (2,3) 5 Jealous (5-4) 6 ____ Jacob, The Double Life of Veronique actress (5) 7 Sponges made from plant fibre for scrubbing the body (7) 8 Oil work by Vincent Van Gogh painted in 1885 depicting poor country dwellers at a meal (3,6,6) 14 Name adopted before 2018 by the African country eSwatini (9) 15 Wild mountainous region of County Galway (9) 17 The left hand is normally described as part of this when riding or driving a horse (4,3) 19 An anthem sung at the beginning of Mass (7) 21 Gaston, Luxembourg PM who succeeded Roy Jenkins as European Commission President in 1981 (5) 22 Joël, German-born Cameroonian central defender for Liverpool (5)