GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 Restriction on a website to users who have made a subscription for access (7) 7 Cathedral city in Somerset where most of the filming for 2007 film Hot Fuzz took place (5) 9 A unit of length equal to
one twelfth of a foot (4) 10 A hollow object used to
contain something (10) 11 A low house having
only one storey (8) 13 A young cow that has not
given birth to a calf (6) 15 To argue with someone
without marked hostility (4) 17 To make minor adjustments to one’s hair, make-up or clothes (5) 18 ____ Dix, German painter noted for his depictions of Weimar Germany (4) 19 To mollycoddle
or pamper (6) 20 The upper part of the stern
of a wooden ship (8) 23 Stage musical first performed in 1989 that includes a helicopter scene (4,6) 26 A reflex act of opening one’s mouth on account of boredom or tiredness (4) 27 Gary, manager appointed coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in 2023 (5) 28 Title formerly given to the eldest son of the king of France (7)
DOWN
1 Greek philosopher and mathematician who founded his own brotherhood (10) 2 Pedro Alvares, explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil (6) 3 A group of countries who
have formed an alliance (4) 4 Multi-Coloured ____, children’s TV series whose presenters included Keith Chegwin (4,4) 5 The longer of the two bones
in the human forearm (4) 6 Animated TV series about
a family of penguins (5) 8 Having assets in excess
of liabilities (7) 12 Joint in the body technically known as the radiocarpal (5) 14 Jazz song by George and Ira Gershwin written for the 1930 musical Girl Crazy (1,3,6) 16 A condition or qualification attached to an agreement (7) 17 Hidden or
unsuspected dangers (8) 21 A dish in which small pieces of food are dipped into a hot sauce (6) 22 Jonnie, late TV presenter of
Escape To The Country (5) 24 An oblique angle or slant (4) 25 Andre, French author who won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature (4)