GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A quartet (8) 5 A counting frame (6)

10 Ancient Semitic language closely related to Hebrew and Phoenician (7)

11 Critical praise or approval (7)

12 A sofa or place for rest and sleep (5)

13 Volcanic island in the South Atlantic and part of a British Overseas Territory (9)

14 Wine-producing region in South Africa (12)

18 German theologian and religious reformer who initiated the Protestant Reformation (6,6)

21 Kent town and historic city on the River Medway (9)

23 Edward, Conservative UK Prime Minister 1970-74 (5)

24 A small waterfall (7)

25 A letter of advice of delivery of goods or services including an amount for payment (7)

26 Edict of ___ , French law of religious toleration adopted in 1598 by Henri IV (6)

27 The artificial inducement of a sleeplike state (8)

DOWN

1 Anatole, Nobel laureate author born in Paris in 1844 (6)

2 Planet discovered by William Herschel in 1781 (6)

3 ____ Western, type of film such as A Fistful Of Dollars (9) 4 U.S. dancer who created the Irish performance work Riverdance (7,7)

6 Kevin, Footloose actor (5)

7 _____ Dickson Wright, celebrity chef and Jennifer Paterson’s foil in Two Fat Ladies (8)

8 _____ Jones, Sex And The City character played by Kim Cattrall (8)

9 English football team managed by Pep Guardiola since 2016 (10,4)

15 Ludwig van, German composer who wrote the Moonlight Sonata (9)

16 _____ Beauty, 1999 film directed by Sam Mendes (8)

17 Lars Magnus, Swedish inventor and founder of a telephone equipment manufacturer (8)

19 Technical term for dental decay (6) 20 U.S. TV sitcom set in a Boston bar (6)

22 To rub or scrape out (5)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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