GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 12 ____, 1957 film about a jury, directed by Sidney Lumet (5,3)

9 Daughter of the title character in Shakespeare’s play Cymbeline (6)

10 The official colour of UK first class stamps (4,6)

11 A town or city with a harbour or access to navigable water (4)

12 Very cold in temperature (6)

14 The quality or condition of being in good order (8)

15 To beg someone earnestly to do something (7)

17 Rolls of parchment or paper for writing on (7)

20 Middlesbrough-born singer and guitarist noted for albums including The Road To Hell (5,3)

22 Daniel, Canadian tennis player who won eight Grand Slam men’s doubles titles (6)

24 A widely held but false belief or idea (4)

25 Word for a very large lorry that comes from Sanskrit (10)

27 Ai, Chinese artist and activist, born in 1957 (6)

28 Ian, late actor who played Private Pike in Dad’s Army (8)

DOWN

1 The Compleat ____, book celebrating fishing by Izaak Walton, published in 1653 (6)

2 Steve, middle distance runner nicknamed The Jarrow Arrow (4)

3 To burn slowly with smoke but no flame (8)

4 Making a sly or petty verbal attack (7)

5 Chita, late actress who was the first to play Anita in West Side Story (6)

6 The Good ____, 1929 J. B. Priestley novel about a touring concert party (10)

7 An act of retaliation, especially a punishment by military forces (8)

13 Actress who played the title role in 1981 film Private Benjamin (6,4)

16 Crime novelist born in 1962, noted for her debut novel Birdman (2,6)

18 A sweet food such as jam or marmalade (8)

19 A beet with a large root cultivated as stockfeed (7)

21 To say something in reply, typically in a quick or critical manner (6)

23 Musical works (6)

26 The number of Muses in Greek mythology (4)