GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Out-of-town shopping centre in Essex that opened in 1990 (8) 9 A hermitage or remote monastery in India (6) 10 ____ syringe, needle for injections under the skin (10) 11 River that forms the boundary between the historic counties of Durham and Yorkshire (4) 12 The Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp is this country’s top horse race (6) 14 Queen’s last studio album before Freddie Mercury’s death (8) 15 Children’s book by Roald Dahl published in 1988 (7) 17 Audrey, Roman Holiday actress (7) 20 US actress who played the title role in the 1997 film Jackie Brown (3,5) 22 William, pioneering English printer born around 1422 (6) 24 Car invented by

Alec Issigonis (4) 25 A mild white cheese originating from South Wales (10) 27 Flexible (6) 28 Reputation or standing (8)

DOWN

1 A barrister or solicitor are examples of this type of professional (6) 2 Jared, US actor who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club (4) 3 Coastal town in Somerset that features a Butlins holiday camp (8) 4 ____ Theatre, former London play venue co-founded by Bernard Miles in 1959 (7) 5 A peregrine is a species of this bird of prey (6) 6 An incessantly talkative person (10) 7 A table showing the division of a year into months and days (8) 13 English author who wrote The Sandman series of graphic novels (4,6) 16 (Is This The Way to) ___ , 1971 song by Tony Christie that featured in a 2005 charity video mimed by Peter Kay (8) 18 To put in code (8) 19 To forestall or thwart (3-4) 21 To provoke or move to action (6) 23 The science or study

of birds’ eggs (6) 26 The ninth letter of the

Greek alphabet (4)