GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across

1. Miserable-looking cartoon dog created by Tex Avery in 1943 (6)

4. Native American dome-like dwelling covered in hides (6)

9. Standard mark-up language for creating web pages (4)

10. An error in speech named after an Oxford don who was its leading (accidental) exponent (10)

11. Mad scientist character, created by H.G. Wells, who resides on an island in the Pacific Ocean (6)

13. One that is weak or falls behind (4,4)

14. Island in the Auckland Islands archipelago, 460km south of the South Island (7)

16. King of Greece 1947-1964, first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (4)

17. In cricket, one of two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket (4)

18. Bird that lays the largest eggs relative to its body size (5,4)

22. Nickname for a soldier of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War (8)

23. “Discipline is ___. Being crazy is human”: Namita Satija (6)

25. Jellied culinary sauce which is prepared hot but served cold (10)

26. Starting formation in motorsport (4)

27. Solid lump of gold, as found in the earth (6)

28. First name of the English author who also wrote under the name Mary Westmacott (6)

Down

1. Word which can be represented by a symbol, and can mean ‘in or of the month already named’, or ‘in the same way, similarly’ (5)

2. Skateboarding trick whereby the rider and board leap in the air without use of the hands (5)

3. Land covered with grass, suitable for the grazing of livestock (7)

5. __ __ Only, 1939 romantic film starring Cary Grant (2,4)

6. International financial institution that provides loans to developing countries (5,4)

7. High School ___, 2006 television film starring Zac Efron (7)

8. Two or more artists coming together to produce a musical project (13)

11. Scale for measuring the ratio of speed of a moving body to the speed of sound (4)

12. Type of US whiskey which by law must be distilled from a mash containing at least 51% of this cereal (3)

15. Canadian-American singer-songwriter whose backing band was called Crazy Horse (4,5)

17. Crescent-shaped sand dune (7)

19. African canine with a colourful, patchy coat and large ears (4,3)

20. Largest city in the state of Kansas (7)

21. The world’s second most traded commodity (6)

24. Starry __: 1889 painting by Vincent van Gogh, done while he was in an asylum (5)