GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Seed that is ground and spiced in falafel (8) 9 Informal term for one making harsh cuts in expenditure or services (6) 10 A thin piece of hair or wire (6) 11 Rough-haired tan-coloured terrier with a black patch on its back (8) 12 Stress hormone released by the adrenal glands (8) 13 Manchego is a Spanish type of this food (6) 14 Humphry, chemist who invented the miner’s safety lamp (4) 16 Claude, French painter whose Impression, Sunrise of 1872 established Impressionism (5) 17 Uriah, obsequious law clerk in David Copperfield (4) 18 A cylindrical drum played with the hands (3-3) 20 Rowan, actor and comedian who played jewellery salesman Rufus in Love Actually (8) 23 British war memorial in Whitehall, London, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens (8) 24 Marlon, actor who played Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather (6) 25 Two-piece swimming costume for women (6) 26 Surname of Sonic the Hedgehog’s enemy in the video game series (8)

DOWN

1 Benazir, two-term Pakistani prime minister assassinated in 2007 (6) 2 Melissa, Bridesmaids actress (8) 3 Suit of cards marked with a black symbol resembling a cordate leaf with a stem (6) 4 Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley actress (5,10) 5 Small portable bed for babies (8) 6 ____ Globe, single-handed non-stop yacht race around the world named after its start- and end-point in France (6) 7 Cumbria’s county town (8) 15 Technical term for baldness (8) 16 SOS is a song in this jukebox musical (5,3) 17 Social occasion to celebrate a bride’s upcoming marriage (3,5) 19 The northernmost or southernmost latitude at which the sun may be seen directly overhead (6) 21 Pieces of meat or vegetable grilled on a long, thin stick (6) 22 To appoint to holy orders (6)