GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS 8 ____ on the Shore, instrumental tune by British jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk released in 1961 (8) 9 A cotton fabric decorated with flowery patterns (6) 10 A phrase meaning ‘partly but not completely true’ (2,2,1,5) 11 A short nail with a broad, flat head, often used for fastening carpets to the floor (4) 12 Giorgio, Italian fashion designer born in Piacenza in 1934 (6) 14 Extreme sentimentality, especially in the arts or entertainment (8) 15 Al, U.S. singer who had the first UK No 1 single in 1952 with Here In My Heart (7) 17 Suzanne, U.S. author of the dystopian young adult novel series, The Hunger Games (7) 20 An eye disease that causes gradual impairment or loss of vision (8) 22 ____ Swift, U.S. singer/ songwriter noted for her album Fearless released in 2008 (6) 24 A large loose hood covering a person’s head, especially worn by monks (4) 25 Woody ____ , animated cartoon bird created by Walter Lantz in 1940 (10) 27 ____ power, an expression describing the beliefs and conventions of 1960s hippiedom (6) 28 ____ Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player who won the 2019 ATP Finals at the O2 Arena in London (8)
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1 A state of impaired consciousness, often induced by alcohol or other drugs (6) 2 City that is capital of Portugal’s Algarve region (4) 3 Amun and Hathor were gods in this mythology (8) 4 To walk in a trailing or untidy way (7) 5 ____ broth, traditional soup made from beef or mutton, pearl barley and chopped vegetables (6) 6 Elongated trough formed by the subsidence of a segment of the Earth’s crust along a fault (4,6) 7 ____ and Darlington Railway, former public railway that was first in the world to use steam locomotives (8) 13 English actor who played Captain Mainwaring in the TV sitcom Dad’s Army (6,4) 16 ____ Day, occasion of prayer for the dead observed by Christians on November 2nd (3,5) 18 One of eight children born from a single pregnancy (8) 19 To drink freely or in noisy fashion (7) 21 2020 computer animated fantasy film about two elves seeking to bring back their dead father (6) 23 U.S. state on the Pacific seaboard nicknamed the Beaver State (6) 26 The crop of birds or insects (4)