GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Caron, TV host and Blue Peter presenter who died in 2004 (7)

7 A form of clay-pigeon shooting in which a disc is thrown in the air (5)

9 ____ Scholz, German politician who became chancellor in 2021 (4)

10 Murder On The ____, song by Sophie Ellis-Bextor released in 2001 (10)

11 Common gas used to remove sulfur from fuels for refinement (8)

13 Musical that includes the songs Boy For Sale and Where Is Love? (6)

15 Fiona, actress who played Elizabeth Philpot in the 2021 film Ammonite (4)

17 ____ Baldacci, U.S. novelist born in 1960 noted for his legal thrillers (5)

18 ____ window, one that is made of one or more movable panels (4)

19 Devices for lifting things (6)

20 Feature of a garment whose types include scoop and sweetheart (8)

23 TV entertainment show first aired in 1992 and revived in 2024 (10)

26 Norse god of lightning, thunder and agriculture (4)

27 Ruth, actress who played Gladys Pugh in Hi-De-Hi! (5)

28 To support or encourage actively a cause etc. (7)

DOWN

1 Coins that were withdrawn from circulation in Ireland in 1970 (4,6)

2 An ownerless, half-wild canine animal found around Asian villages (3-3)

3 A small, green-skinned type of melon named after a kibbutz in Israel (4)

4 ____ City, 2023 comedy drama film directed by Wes Anderson (8)

5 A red, swollen mark that is left on flesh by a blow or pressure (4)

6 ____ Jones, lead singer and guitarist of Welsh rock band Stereophonics (5)

8 Small handheld tools used for spreading mortar or plaster (7)

12 Pat, pundit and ex-footballer whose clubs included Chelsea and Everton (5)

14 The process of keeping heat, sound or electricity from spreading (10)

16 A violent criminal or gangster (7)

17 ____ race, an athletics event held over a mile or more (8)

21 Hugh, architect and interior designer born in 1910 (6)

22 A loop with a running knot that can tighten (5)

24 Electronic pop singersongwriter noted for her debut studio album No Angel (4)

25 A spoutless ancient Greek jug (4)

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