General knowledge crossword

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1. In Judaism, seven day mourning period after the death of a relative (6)

5. World’s fifth most populated country, 36th largest in area (8)

9. Swiss psychologist (1875-1961) known for his studies of the human psyche (4,4)

10. Ancient two-deck warship used by the Romans (6)

11. Italian luthier born in Cremona and estimated to have made over 1000 instruments (10)

12. 1960s youth sub-culture who rode motor scooters and fought with Rockers (4)

13. Cricketer who played for New Zealand from 1980 to 1992 and was a commentator on Sky Sport until 2023 (3,5)

16. Small round natural hills or mounds (6)

17. Midwestern U.S. state known as The Sunflower State, capital Topeka (6)

19. 1958 song covered by The Chordettes which featured in the 1986 movie Stand By Me (8)

21. Award-winning 1978-82 American sitcom starring Danny de Vito (4)

22. Canadian maritime province halfway between the Equator and North Pole (4,6)

25. Ruler of the Huns, most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (6)

26. Island off the northwest coast of Wales, Ynys Mon in Welsh (8)

27. “If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class __”: Ernest Shackleton (8)

28. “If fortune favours you do not be __; if she frowns do not despond”: Ausonius (6)

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2. Hotel company founded by Jay Pritzker in 1957 when he bought a motel near Los Angeles airport (5)

3. Italian physicist, born 1745, known for his invention of the battery and discovering methane (5)

4. Stage name of Erik Weisz, born in Budapest in 1874 (7)

5. Fictional children’s TV pirate, captain of the Black Pig (7)

6. Film director who made The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and 2001: A Space Odyssey (7)

7. Italian island called ‘The Lighthouse of the Mediterranean’ because of its active volcano (9)

8. Burrowing nocturnal mammal whose name means ‘little armoured one’ in Spanish (9)

14. Fine-textured white gypsum used for carving (9)

15. Song on the 1962 album Pot Luck with Elvis (9)

18. Latin rock band from San Francisco whose breakthrough came at Woodstock in 1969 (7)

19. 1985 concert organised to raise funds for Ethiopian famine (4,3)

20. Favourite food of Garfield the cat (7)

23. Luxury Swiss watch manufacturer founded 1848 (5)

24. ___ Adler, female who Sherlock Holmes admires after she outwits him in A Scandal in Bohemia (5)