GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 With extreme wariness (8) 5 Company specialising in online money transfers that was founded in the US in 1998 (6) 10 To coerce someone into

doing something (7) 11 Green with grass or other

lush vegetation (7) 12 A musical drama such as

Britten’s Peter Grimes (5) 13 A female rower (9) 14 Protagonist of

The Hobbit (5,7) 18 A book or set of books giving information on many subjects (12) 21 Expression meaning ‘to delay making a decision until the following day’ (5,2,2) 23 The ____ Of Dibley, TV sitcom starring Dawn French (5) 24 Brazilian striker who won the Golden Boot at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (7) 25 Professional baseball team in New York City, established in 1901 (7) 26 Market town in

central Gloucestershire (6) 27 Fictional comic book hero played on screen by Christopher Reeve and Henry Cavill (8)

DOWN

1 ____ bible, one traditionally placed in hotel rooms (6) 2 To make tidy or

put in order (6) 3 A person who is obsessively self-centred (9) 4 Vice president of the United States under John F. Kennedy (6,1,7) 6 A missile that is shot

from a bow (5) 7 Adams ____, apple variety also known as the Norfolk Pippin (8) 8 One who played an old stringed instrument that is shaped like half a pear (8) 9 ____ Take, song by The Police that was their fifth UK No. 1 in 1983 (5,6,3) 15 A real or imagined cause

for complaint (9) 16 Finales to feasts (8) 17 A person whose job is to search airport luggage for dangerous items (8) 19 The ____ , painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (6) 20 Barlinnie in Scotland

is a noted one (6) 22 A type of rice cooked

in stock with spices (5) SOLUTION TOMORROW