General knowledge crossword

ACROSS

9. Novel by E.M. Forster set during the Indian independence movements in the 1920s (1,7,2,5)

10. Square-rigged sailing ship used by the Spanish from the 15th to 18th centuries (7)

12. Framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal (7)

13. Large dark-coloured, long-necked seabird with a pouch for holding fish (9)

14. In music, having a muffled tone (5)

15. The highest mountain in Wales at 1085 metres, featuring a railway to summit (7)

18. Cocktail made of orange liqueur with lemon and brandy (7)

21. ___ of Wonder – theme to the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony (5)

23. Relating to the sky or the heavens (9) 25. Triangular fortification outside a castle, used to split an attacking force (7)

26. City and capital of a Spanish province, located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains (7)

29. Pub meal consisting of bread, cheese and a salad (10,5)

DOWN

1. British Field Marshal, commander during Battle of the Somme in WWI (4)

2. Indian dish made with stewed lentils, onions and spices (4)

3. Small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (8)

4. Land-locked country which contains a substantial portion of Lake Victoria (6)

5. “I think marriage and ____ is a bad combination”: Dennis Rodman (8)

6. Song from The Eagles’ Hotel California album,

___ of Love (6)

7. Arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west (8)

8. Aromatic plant cultivated for garden and landscape use, also commercially for the extraction of essential oils (8) 11. Fruit of the oak tree (5)

15. Invention which came around 4000 years after man domesticated the horse (8)

16. Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you ____ : Richard Nixon (8)

17. Familiar name for a person, stemming from a word in old Norse (8)

19. British Prime Minister who made Queen Victoria empress of India (8)

20. A payment or penalty made by judicial decision (5)

22. Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation (6)

24. Swiss city lying beside a lake of the same name (6)

27. Inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin, characterised by papules, pustules or comedones (4)

28. First black man to win Wimbledon singles title (4)