GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across 6. New Zealander who has hosted the US version of The Amazing Race since 2001 (7) 7. Fruit used to make the fruit brandy slivovitz (5)

9. Minor character (joiner) in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (4)

10. Song made famous by Kenny Rogers in

1978 (3,7)

11. Scottish golfer who played in the Ryder Cup eight times and was non-playing captain in

2002 (8)

13. Squirrel character created by Beatrix Potter (6)

15. Cod-like fish found off west coast of South Island (4)

17. In geometry, a solid figure of which the two ends are similar, equal and parallel rectilineal figures (5)

18. “The tyrant dies and his __ is over; the martyr dies and his __ begins”: Soren Kierkegaard (4)

19. Seven young women who feature in a 1954 musical film starring Howard Keel (6)

20. The blocking of a blood vessel by something carried into it (8)

23. Type of Spanish rice used in paella (10) 26. In Norse mythology, the three goddesses who rule the destiny of gods and men (4) 27. Essential oil obtained from flowers (5) 28. Animal sold to two Australians by Harrods department store in 1969 (4,3) Down 1. Endangered sea turtle species which can have a life-span of more than 60 years (10) 2. Landlocked country whose head of state is known as the Dragon King (6) 3. Manchester United player who in 1994 became the first black footballer to captain England (4)

4. Species of mosses known as peat moss, used as a soil conditioner (8)

5. Young __ & Broke, 2017 song by American singer Khalid (4)

6. Japanese form of fencing, using bamboo staves (5)

8. ____ Brew: 9% strength beer made by Carlsberg UK, often associated with problem drinkers (7)

12. Remy’s older brother in the 2007 Pixar film

Ratatouille (5)

14. Type of sweater with a high, close-fitting collar (10)

16. Wife of Antipholus in Shakespeare’s The

Comedy of Errors (7)

17. ___ to Pimlico, 1949 Ealing Studios comedy starring Margaret Rutherford (8)

21. English photographer, painter and awardwinning stage and costume designer, born London, 1904 (6)

22. Sweetened fruit liqueur popular in England during the 17th/18th centuries (5)

24. “Silence is one of the great __ of conversation”: Marcus Tillius Cicero (4)

25. Food item which is rundstuck (round piece) in German and rundstykker in Danish and Norwegian (4)