GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 Michael, former Conservative Defence Secretary as MP for Enfield Southgate (8) 9 Dark or impenetrable (6) 10 Charlize, South African-U.S. actress who played Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road (6) 11 An officer specially appointed to assist a commanding officer (8) 12 A commotion or uproar (8) 13 Italian city whose cathedral reputedly contains the preserved blood of its patron saint, Januarius (6) 14 English title of a four-book poetry collection by the Roman poet Horace (4) 16 John, detective created by Scottish writer Ian Rankin (5) 17 Craig, actor and comedian who narrates the TV reality show Gogglebox (4) 18 Anatoly, Soviet-born chess grandmaster who was World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985 (6) 20 Mount _____ , peak in South Dakota with colossal granite sculpture created by Gutzon Borglum (8) 23 Sang with rapid fluctuations in pitch or tone (8) 24 Halley’s and Hale Bopp are noted examples of these astronomical phenomena (6) 25 Region of the Earth’s interior between the core and the crust (6) 26 Princess consort of Monaco, a South African former Olympic swimmer (8)
DOWN
1 Pure and clean according to Jewish law (6) 2 Businesses or companies that have recently sprung into existence (5-3) 3 ____ Jackson, British stage and screen actress and a Labour MP from 1992 until 2015 (6) 4 Waterfront area in Liverpool created by architect Jesse Hartley that originally opened in 1846 (5,6,4) 5 Welsh singer born in 1940 and an original coach on The Voice UK (3,5) 6 A portable computer with a hinged screen (6) 7 ____ World Records, reference work originally compiled by twins Norris and Ross McWhirter (8) 15 A line running in an oblique direction from one corner of a square or parallelogram to another (8) 16 Seventh album released by The Beatles in 1966 that contains Yellow Submarine (8) 17 Aromatic creeping herb with downy leaves used in infusions and herbal medicine (8) 19 Bay of ____ , active volcanic region on the northeastern coast of New Zealand’s North Island (6) 21 The ____ Network, 2010 film directed by David Fincher (6) 22 A layer at the back of the eyeball (6)
SOLUTION TOMORROW