GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across

1. Longest book (832 pages) ever to win the Man Booker Prize (2013) (3,10)

10. Class of armed trawler used by the UK, Canadian and New Zealand navies during World War 2 (5)

11. Correspondence sent to a public figure from an admirer (3,6)

12. Largest-selling piece of fitness equipment (9)

13. Retired Russian professional tennis player, now a politician (5)

14. Erodium cicutarium, also known as __ __filaree (3,4)

16. Drapery hung above a window to conceal the curtain fittings (7)

18. “I have taken more out of __ than __ has taken out of me”: Winston Churchill (7)

20. Himalayan natives renowned for their skills as mountaineers (7)

22. Tall, woody wetland grasses with hollow stems (5)

24. An extremely complicated or embarrassing situation (9)

26. African geographical region whose Kenyan part is known as the Masai Mara (9)

27. Czech-born model who married Donald Trump in 1977 (5)

28. Prime Minister of Australia, 1939-1941 and 1949-1966 (6,7)

Down

2. Medieval weapon which a combination of pike and battleaxe (7)

3. Action taken at the end of a series of failures (4-5)

4. Clothes worn by person who normally wears uniform (5)

5. Myth related to the survival of a cat (4,5) 6. Lively Scottish folk dances (5)

7. Lead singer of the Miami Sound Machine (7)

8. Medal for ‘conspicuous bravery’ first awarded in 1857 (8,5)

9. Title awarded by a British monarch to his/ her eldest daughter (8,5)

15. __ Martin, British actress/comedienne who played Daphne Moon’s mother in Frasier

(9)

17. American photographer who photographed John Lennon hours before his assassination (9)

19. Expression of good wishes on saying farewell (7)

21. Drier, light coloured beer (4,3) 23. “Good health and good __ are two of life’s greatest blessings”: Publilius Syrus (5)

25. Capital city of the US state of Idaho (5)