GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Jordan, Everton FC goalkeeper who made his full England debut in 2017 (8) 5 A stimulus or boost

to an activity (6) 10 A foolishly vain or

conceited man (7) 11 Fourth studio album by ABBA, which contains the song Dancing Queen (7) 12 An edible Japanese mushroom with slender stems and small caps (5) 13 City that has been Pakistan’s capital since 1967 (9) 14 1973 folk horror film starring Christopher Lee as Lord Summerisle (3,6,3) 18 A tall building at an airport in which instructions are given to aircraft (7,5) 21 A person trained as a soldier and ready to fight in an army if needed (9) 23 A large waterbird whose species in the UK include Canada and greylag (5) 24 Thinking or speaking too

much of oneself (7) 25 Actress who plays Aunt Lydia in The Handmaid’s Tale (3,4) 26 Children’s Saturday morning TV show, hosted by Chris Tarrant (6) 27 Silver Linings ____, 2012 romcom film starring Jennifer Lawrence (8)

DOWN

1 An opening at the side or

end of a snooker table (6) 2 William, the first English printer, born in the early 15th century (6) 3 Martin, early navigator and explorer of Canada’s northeast coast (9) 4 Singer-songwriter whose compilation album XXV was released in 2022 (6,8) 6 White cotton clothing worn by Muslim pilgrims to Mecca (5) 7 To lavish someone with affection in order to manipulate them (4-4) 8 Legendary knights who belonged to Charlemagne’s court (8) 9 Team sport whose first modern game was played in Co Kilkenny in 1885 (6,8) 15 ____ Room, meaning of acronym ER for the casualty area in a U.S. hospital (9) 16 ____ Moffatt, TV presenter noted for appearing on Gogglebox (8) 17 The ____, U.S. vocal group whose hits included I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire, in 1941 (3,5) 19 Country in the Balkans that declared its independence from Serbia in 2008 (6) 20 Maurice, author and illustrator noted for the book Where The Wild Things Are (6) 22 Wife of former Soviet leader

Mikhail Gorbachev (5)

SOLUTION TOMORROW