GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 A serious setback (4,4) 9 Kieran, US actor who plays Roman Roy in the comedy-drama

series Succession (6) 10 Japanese company founded in 1870, whose name means ‘three diamonds’ (10) 11 Niels, Danish physicist noted for his role in developing quantum physics (4) 12 Jonjo, Irish racehorse trainer who was twice Champion Jockey (6) 14 ____ Macron, French politician who became his country’s president in 2017 (8) 15 Financial resources that an organisation has available to spend (7) 17 Sarina, Dutch coach who masterminded the Lionesses’ tournament victory in Euro 2022 (7) 20 Body of water off the northeast coast

of Australia (5,3) 22 ____ Detroit, good-hearted gambler in the stage musical Guys And Dolls (6) 24 The official national

currency of Mexico (4) 25 A person who helps another

to commit a crime (10) 27 Norman, Conservative politician who was party chairman in the mid-1980s (6) 28 A shiny, silvery-white metal that has the highest melting point of all metals (8)

DOWN

1 A formal proposal put

before a meeting (6) 2 Bright ____, song performed by Art Garfunkel that was released in 1979 (4) 3 Round or ball-shaped (8) 4 Informal US term

for a tornado (7) 5 A division between strongly opposed sections or parties, especially in a church (6) 6 An untrustworthy person, especially in business or financial matters (3-2-5) 7 ____ Coel, British actress who wrote and starred in TV sitcom Chewing Gum (8) 13 Resort on the north Devon coast that contains Verity, a statue by Damien Hirst (10) 16 An instrument for measuring the distance travelled by a vehicle (8) 18 Public shame or

disgrace (8) 19 Place in the US state of Michigan that was the birthplace of Madonna in 1958 (3,4) 21 A rhythmical song which sailors used to sing while working on a ship (6) 23 The ____, English name for the star sign Sagittarius (6) 26 A shoemaker’s model for shaping or repairing a shoe or boot (4)