GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 A plane curve in mathematics that is approximately U-shaped (8) 9 Come On ____, song by Dexys Midnight Runners, released in 1982 (6) 10 Wide streets in a city or town, typically lined with trees (10) 11 ____ parker,

a prying person (4) 12 Band of tough tissue that connects muscle to bone (6) 14 An apple brandy traditionally made in Normandy (8) 15 ____ market, one where food producers sell their products directly to local consumers (7) 17 Heavy material, such as gravel or sand, placed in a ship’s bilge to ensure its stability (7) 20 Nicola, Irish actress who has starred in Bridgerton and Derry Girls (8) 22 To indulge or pamper (6) 24 Code word in the NATO phonetic alphabet that precedes Quebec (4) 25 An artificial body part such as a limb or a breast implant (10) 27 To divert money or resources for a purpose for which they were not intended (6) 28 Italian house music group noted for their song Ride On Time, which was a UK No. 1 hit in 1989 (5,3)

DOWN

1 Sam, bartender played by Ted Danson in sitcom Cheers (6) 2 Terry, late lead singer of the English ska revival band The Specials (4) 3 A senior trade union

official at a workplace (8) 4 Michael, ex-Manchester United FC midfielder appointed Middlesbrough head coach in 2022 (7) 5 ____ words, ones that make a statement misleading or evasive (6) 6 Golf venue in Perthshire that hosted the Ryder Cup in 2014 (10) 7 The ____, 1948 film starring Moira Shearer as a ballerina (3,5) 13 The statistical study of

human populations (10) 16 Having a pleasant and

distinctive smell (8) 18 Island in San Francisco Bay that contained a federal prison until 1963 (8) 19 Not certain or

undecided (2,5) 21 Plants of the pea family with tall colourful tapering spikes of flowers (6) 23 US inventor born in 1847 nicknamed the ‘Wizard of Menlo Park’ (6) 26 Deer of northern Europe and Asia closely related to moose in North America (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW