GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
Across 1. Harness strap which prevents a horse from throwing back its head (10) 6. 1970s U.S. band which had disco hits with Le Freak and Good Times (4)
9. Fashion designer who resided at the Hotel Ritz, Paris for over 30 years (4,6) 10. Battle of __: first military engagement of the Korean War, in July 1950 (4) 12. Popular colourful toy aimed at girls, launched in 1981 (2,6,4)
15. Female character in Fidelio, Beethoven’s only opera (7)
16. About ___, 2002 film starring Jack
Nicholson (7)
17. Organisation which has the motto Citius, Altius, Fortius, invented by priest Henri Didon
in 1891 (7)
19. Car manufactured by Ford of Britain between 1963 and 1970 (7)
20. “I never knew whether to pity or __ a man on coming to his senses”: William Makepeace Thackeray (12)
23. “The heart forgets its sorrow and __”: James Russell Lowell (4)
24. Chicken dish with a creamy, curry mayonnaise sauce (10)
25. City in modern Iran, scene of a mass wedding between Macedonians and Persians in 324BCE, organised by Alexander the Great (4)
26. Posthumous name given to American socialite Margaret (Molly) Brown, who survived the Titanic’s sinking (10) Down 1. Company which made its first truck in 1907 and whose trademark is a bulldog (4) 2. Rate which is the highest price for a hotel room before any discounts (4)
3. Song recorded by English rock band The Small Faces in 1967 (8,4) 4. Semi-frozen dessert made from water, sugar and various flavourings (7)
5. In Hamlet, the brother of Ophelia (7) 7. Genre of books associated with English novelist Philippa Gregory (10)
8. In a 1964 song by The Shangri-Las, the location where Betty meets the Leader of the Pack (5,5)
11. Home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club (8,4)
13. Name given to the molluscs Telligarca granosa due to the red haemoglobin liquid inside the soft tissue (5,5)
14. Brightly coloured garden primula which bloom mostly during the Spring (10) 18. French car maker founded in 1919 by a former weapons manufacturing company (7)
19. Author of The Adventures of Pinocchio (7) 21. Surname of brothers who formed The Bee Gees (4)
22. Body part whose Latin name is
Articulatio genus (4)