GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

8 KT, Scottish singer/songwriter noted for her single Suddenly I See (8) 9 JJ, director and co-writer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (6) 10 English-born Australian singer/songwriter formerly married to Katie Price (5,5) 11 1998 animated adventure comedy film with Woody Allen voicing Z (4) 12 Pacific island nation formerly called the Ellice Islands (6) 14 Variety of tea flavoured with bergamot (4,4) 15 Mountain ski resort in southern Switzerland (7) 17 _____ Gump, 1994 comedy film starring Tom Hanks (7) 20 Granular leather made from the skins of horses or rays (8) 22 Vittorio, Italian film director noted for Bicycle Thieves (2,4) 24 ____ Pitt, Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (4) 25 Evangelista, Italian physicist who invented the barometer (10) 27 Month of snow in the French revolutionary calendar (6) 28 Small songbird with black wings and a white rump (8)

DOWN

1 Alaska’s state capital (6) 2 Arthur ___ Stadium, main arena of the U.S. Open in tennis (4) 3 Small forked stick used for firing stones (8) 4 1513 battle in Northumberland fought between the English and Scots (7) 5 _____ Abbas, Pakistani ex-cricketer dubbed The Bradman of Asia (6) 6 2006 musical film about a fictional female Motown group (10) 7 Waylon, Mr Burns’ personal assistant in The Simpsons (8) 13 Biblical battlefield of the Apocalypse (10) 16 The Man in Black actor in Westworld (2,6) 18 Veteran or antiquated figure (3,5) 19 Julie, Maria actress in The Sound of Music (7) 21 _____ Rantzen, former That’s Life! presenter (6) 23 Maria, American-born Greek operatic soprano (6) 26 William, English history painter born in 1787 (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

PLAY our accumulator game! Every day this week, solve the crossword to find the letter in the pink circle. On Friday, we’ll provide instructions to submit your five-letter word for your chance to win a luxury Cross pen. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. Terms apply. Entries cost 50p.