GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Round floating leaves of ornamental aquatic plants (4,4) 5 A halo around a supernatural being or saint (6) 10 ____ War, conflict that was the subject matter of 1987 film Platoon (7) 11 ‘That’s all folks’ was the one for U.S. cartoon voice actor Mel Blanc (7) 12 A medicinal substance to give a feeling of vigour or well-being (5) 13 Ludwig van ____, composer who began to lose his hearing at the age of 28 (9) 14 Expression meaning ‘a very enjoyable experience’ (5,2,1,4) 18 Murder mystery play featuring Detective Sergeant Trotter (3,9) 21 ____ Colbert, actress who played an heiress in 1934 film It Happened One Night (9) 23 A side of a cut gem (5) 24 Canadian city that hosts the Blue Jays baseball team (7) 25 To take or follow

as a model (7) 26 A single issue of

a magazine (6) 27 A lack of animation

and enthusiasm (8)

DOWN

1 Mrs ____, baker and accomplice of demon barber Sweeney Todd (6) 2 Extended stays in bed

in the morning (3-3) 3 Fictitious puppet created by

the woodcarver Geppetto (9) 4 The process of releasing troops from active service, usually after a war (14) 6 Nationality of rugby union

prop Tadhg Furlong (5) 7 Northern French town and commune that contains the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre (8) 8 Winged monsters in Greek mythology with a woman’s head and lion’s body (8) 9 The ____, 1986 romcom film which features a Billy Ocean song on its soundtrack (5,2,3,4) 15 Professional name of a singer born in 1940 who was a rock and roll teen idol (4,5) 16 Earl of ____, title given to former prime minister Harold Macmillan in 1984 (8) 17 A star-shaped figure formed by two intersecting equilateral triangles (8) 19 Jenny, comedian and novelist who was part of TV’s Grumpy Old Women (6) 20 ____ Dan, jazz-rock band led

by vocalist Donald Fagen (6) 22 Charles, actor who played Lord Mountbatten in the third and fourth series of The Crown (5)