Hidden within the grid are answers to these 20 clues

1 The Lombards, a Germanic people, give their name to a northern region in which European country?

2 Which Irish political party’s name literally translates into English as ‘we ourselves’?

3 Which tea blend, first described in the 1830s, is flavoured predominantly through the addition of bergamot oil?

4 With a land area of just over 2,000 square miles, Princess Edward Island is the smallest province of which country?

5 What disease was the eponymous Cujo infected with in Stephen King’s 1981 horror novel?

6 Which large, flightless bird, with two extant species native to South America, is a close relative of the ostrich and emu?

7 Who is the only man from either Europe or the United States to win two major golf championships but not be selected for the Ryder Cup, since that event began in 1927?

8 ‘Namaste’ is a traditional greeting in which Asian language? 9 Which famous artist had both a ‘Rose Period’ and a ‘Blue Period’? 10 Ursus arctos is the scientific name for which bear species? 11 Followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are more commonly known by what single-word name?

12 By what common name are contusions more well-known as? 13 What beverage are Trappist monks in the Low Countries (The Netherlands, Belgium) most famously associated with?

14 The Spree river flows through which major European capital city? 15 What is the highest grade of olive oil that can be purchased?

16 The leatherback is the largest species of which major reptile order?

17 Which type of banana, hailing from a single estate in the 1830s, are the parents to the vast majority of modern edible cultivars? 18 Which viscous metal, atomic number 80, is also commonly referred to as ‘quicksilver’ or ‘hydrargyrum’?

19 Robert de Niro won the Best Actor Oscar in 1980 for his portrayal of which boxer in Raging Bull?

20 What sporting item, traditionally made of cork, leather and feathers, is also sometimes referred to as a bird or birdie?