GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Adjective meaning ‘created to follow the latest trend’ (8)

5 Roadside areas where vehicles may park without blocking the flow of traffic (3-3)

10 Clare ____, TV presenter who invented the Mobot pose for runner Mo Farah (7)

11 One who demands or compels (7)

12 The indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs are from this English city (5) 13 Seriously (2,7)

14 Expression meaning ‘in a mood for battle’ (2,3,7)

18 One who suffers from a hereditary disorder causing excessive bleeding (12)

21 ____ metal, a tin-based alloy that is similar to pewter (9)

23 Canadian rapper noted for

his 2018 album Scorpion (5)

24 A colourless, flammable liquid with a sweetish odour, used as a solvent and cleaning agent (7)

25 An outburst of popular applause (7)

26 An ornamental hanging of threads (6)

27 Island off the Florida coast that is home to the first marine park in the U.S. (3,5)

DOWN

1 New York police officer in the animated TV series Top Cat (6)

2 ____ surfer, an older person who enjoys using the internet (6)

3 The effect produced by sliding the finger along a keyboard or strings (9)

4 Body of water that Napoleon reputedly described as ‘a mere ditch’ (7,7)

6 Red ____, U.S. oil well firefighter born in 1915 (5)

7 John ____, British former Poet Laureate noted for his 1937 poem Slough (8)

8 Irritable or bad-tempered (8)

9 You’ll ____ , official club anthem of Liverpool FC originally a song from the musical Carousel (5,4,5)

15 British author who created the characters Miss Trunchbull and Mr Fox (5,4)

16 Nickname of TV quiz Chaser Mark Labbett (3,5)

17 Units of measurement to indicate the loudness of sounds (8)

19 A long, thin, sharppointed sword (6)

20 A shed or outhouse propped up against another building or wall (4-2)

22 A positive electrode in a cell such as a battery (5)

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