GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 A view over a wide area of land, often from high ground (8) 9 John, Scottish actor who played Matthew in the 1994 film Four Weddings And A Funeral (6) 10 A thin crinkly Indian striped or checked cotton fabric (10) 11 A unit of power named after a Scottish inventor (4) 12 A weatherproof jacket of skin or cloth with a hood attached (6) 14 A spectator or witness (8) 15 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Perkins, a rambling rose with large clusters of double, pink, rosetteshaped flowers (7) 17 To walk about in an untidy way (7) 20 A tree that grows in muddy swamps on tropical coasts and estuary shores (8) 22 _ _ _ _ _ _ position, type of posture when the back is curved forwards and the knees and elbows are drawn into the chest (6) 24 Liz, actress who played Clarissa Mullery in the TV crime drama series Silent Witness (4) 25 Song by Bob The Builder that was UK Christmas No 1 in 2000 (3,2,3,2) 27 Steve, U.S. actor who played Ricky Gervais’s counterpart in the U.S. version of The Office (6) 28 The art of using language effectively to influence or persuade others (8)

DOWN

1 The _ _ _ _ _ _ Club, music venue in Liverpool where the Beatles performed in the early 1960s (6) 2 The number of kings of England with the regnal name William (4) 3 The Jewish festival of lights commemorating the re-dedication of the Temple in 165 BC (8) 4 Peter, New Zealand film director noted for The Lord Of The Rings trilogy (7) 5 _ _ _ _ _ _ Crow, U.S. musician who sang the theme song to the 1997 Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (6) 6 Light passenger vehicle designed for travel in wintry climates (10) 7 Bernard, English businessman born in 1930 who founded a company selling turkey meat products (8) 13 An area usually containing plants in large pots on the flat roof of a house or other building (4,6) 16 José María, Spanish golfer who captained Europe’s Ryder Cup team to victory in 2012 (8) 18 Unconscious physiological actions performed in response to a stimulus (8) 19 Jason, ex-rugby union prop nicknamed the Fun Bus who won a record 114 caps for England (7) 21 Mysterious or supernatural (6) 23 Stage name of Swedish DJ and record producer noted for his song Wake Me Up (6) 26 _ _ _ _ Age, traditional division of human prehistory preceded by the Stone and Bronze Ages (4) SOLUTION TOMORROW