GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 ____ Vice, U.S. TV crime drama series starring Philip Michael Thomas and Don Johnson (5) 7 Members of a Turkish dynasty and empire that ended in 1922 (8) 10 Phil, TV producer who created Grange Hill and Hollyoaks (7) 11 A rash or quick-tempered person (7) 12 New Mexico’s state capital (5,2) 13 Lydian king renowned for his great wealth (7) 14 Officially recognised money used in a country (5,6) 19 German school of design and architecture first based in Weimar (7) 21 Narrow strip worn on the left arm as a clerical vestment (7) 23 The Hobbit author (7) 25 Roberto, Brazilian forward for Liverpool (7) 26 Breed of medium-large short-coated retriever (8) 27 Pretentious or silly mimicry (5)

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1 A leading Catholic dignitary (8) 2 _____ Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister (6) 3 1990 gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese (10) 4 Zion National Park is in this U.S. state (4) 5 Song by Robbie Williams released in 1997 (6) 6 An area of muddy or wet ground (6) 8 Nancy, Love in a Cold Climate author (7) 9 The Latin abbreviation i.e. stands for this (2,3) 13 Essex’s county town (10) 15 Mass of ice formed from snow on a mountain (7) 16 Stretches of rough, fast flowing water in the sea or a river (3,5) 17 To lapse or expire (5) 18 U.S. term for a serious crime (6) 20 Tracey, British-U.S. comedienne who starred in Girls on Top (6) 22 Alexander Rybak was the last Eurovision winner for this country in 2009 (6) 24 Lymph ___ , small rounded mass in the body’s lymphatic system (4) SOLUTION ON MONDAY