GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN SEE BELOW
ACROSS
1 Martin, U.S. director who made the 2004 film The Aviator about Howard Hughes (8) 5 A wooden frame once used for locking an offender’s head, hands or feet as a punishment (6) 10 A word or phrase formed from a jumble of the letters of another (7) 11 A small mound (7) 12 Johnny, Australian singer and Irish entrant at Eurovision who is its only two-time winner (5) 13 Market town in Northamptonshire noted for its former horse racing course (9) 14 A large area of land protected by the government because of its natural beauty and wildlife (8,4) 18 Scottish actor who played the title character in the 2018 fantasy film Christopher Robin (4,8) 21 Mountain range that forms the backbone of Italy (9) 23 A trained assassin in Japan skilled in a martial art teaching stealth and camouflage (5) 24 A conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire and Cheshire on the Wales-England border (7) 25 African capital whose name translates from Maasai to ‘cool waters’ (7) 26 Kelly, English former middle distance runner who won BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2004 (6) 27 The quality of being affectedly dainty or quaint (8)
DOWN
1 The area of seats on the ground floor of a theatre nearest to the stage (6) 2 Colour of the kit traditionally worn by the Dutch national football team (6) 3 ____ tactics, ones using physical force or violence (6-3) 4 Song by former The X Factor winner Ben Haenow that was Christmas UK No 1 in 2014 (9,1,4) 6 A delicate silk network fabric used especially in the 19th century for making veils, hats, etc (5) 7 Tennis player Ivo Karlovic has
this nationality (8) 8 Igor, Russian-born aviation pioneer who invented the world’s first massproduced helicopter (8) 9 See, amid ____ , Christmas carol written by Edward Caswall, first published in 1858 (3,7,4) 15 Cooked or garnished with onions, usually fried (9) 16 A roofed platform along the outside of a house (8) 17 Piella, villain in the 2008 film A Matter Of Loaf And Death starring Wallace and Gromit (8) 19 Earnings or revenue (6) 20 Ray, English singer/songwriter who was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for The Kinks (6) 22 Big ____ , informal term for an important person in a group or organisation (5)
SOLUTION TOMORROW