GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Across 9.

High-ranking official in some Muslim countries (6)

10. Surname of the son-in-law of Remy Moet, who joined the champagne house in 1833 (7)

11. A Celt of the Scottish Highlands, Ireland or the Isle of Man (4)

12. A sheep in its second year (3)

13. Flexible, bag-like container used for transporting liquids by towing on the surface of the sea (7)

14. Soup made from meat or fish stock and vegetables (5)

15. Popular card game played by children (4)

16. Miners’ safety lamp named after an English chemist and inventor (4)

17. National fruit of Armenia (7)

19. Female follower of the Greek god of wine, Dionysus (6)

20. One of the royal bodyguards of ancient Persia (8)

22. Native American companion of the Lone Ranger (5)

23. “Architecture begins where engineering ___”: Walter Gropius (4)

25. Wife of Homer Simpson (5)

26. Cut of bacon from the pork belly (7)

28. The lowest internal portion of a ship’s hull (5)

31. “There is a very __ line between confidence and arrogance”: Adam Peaty (4)

33. Ensus magnus, a type of edible clam (5)

35. Former army physician who appears in a series of novels from 1887 to 1927 (2,6)

37. Song released by American singer Laura Branigan in 1982 (6)

38. English painter and illustrator whose works include the controversial Christ in the House of His Parents (1849/50) (7)

39. The use of video cameras to transmit images to a limited number of television screens (1,1,1,1)

40. Small, short-winged songbird with upright tail, of the genus Troglodytes (4)

41. Andrew __, actor whose long career was highlighted by his role as Manuel in Fawlty Towers (5)

43. Mental illness characterised by delusions of grandeur and persecution (8)

44. River which rises in the Cairngorms and reaches the North Sea at Aberdeen (3)

45. Area of a reactor where the nuclear reactions take place (4)

46. Style of sunglasses developed in 1936 by Bausch and Lomb (7)

47. Doctor created by novelist Thomas Harris, played by Anthony Hopkins in a 1991 film (6)

Down 1.

Area which produces renewable energy (4,4)

2. The crime of having two spouses at the same time (6)

3. Band of heroes in Greek mythology who went with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece (9)

4. Venomous tail spine of a stingray (4)

5. Capital of the western Canadian province of Alberta (8)

6. Tune which was a huge wartime hit for Glenn Miller (2,3,4)

7. Breakfast or brunch dish which was popularised in New York (4,8)

8. Funding to help people who cannot afford a lawyer (5,3)

10. Division of General Motors whose cars became the bestselling in the US in 1929 (9)

18. ____ Cove, popular tourist destination on the Coromandel Peninsula (9)

20. Turkish city east of Istanbul, eastern capital of the Roman empire when it was called Nicomedia (5)

21. 19th Century street performer often accompanied by a capuchin monkey (5,7)

24. A flight of wildfowl, especially geese or swans (5)

27. Hawke’s Bay cape whose Maori name is Te Kauwae-a-Maui (10)

29. Principal national symbol of the United States (5,4)

30. Type of spiral sponge cake with jam filling, originating in Central Europe (5,4)

32. Official residence of the British monarch when in Scotland (8)

34. American film director and producer whose work includes the Back to the Future series (8)

36. Competitor thought to have little chance of success (8)

39. Slang term for a Canadian (6)

42. Warrior race in the Star Wars universe who oppose the Jedi order (4)