GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 ____ Dobson, satirical novel by Max Beerbohm published in 1911 (7)

7 A large upper-story bay window, supported by brackets (5)

9 Tabla and taiko are two types of this musical instrument (4)

10 One who makes and repairs things in iron by hand (10)

11 Marilynne, U.S. author noted for her 2004 novel Gilead (8)

13 Phrase meaning ‘very emotional’ (2,4)

15 ____ Montgomery, character played by Anthony Lexa in Sex Education (4)

17 A rapid alternation of sung or played notes (5)

18 Pen name of political cartoonist and jazz clarinettist Wally Fawkes (4)

19 U.S. novelist Jonathan, author of Motherless Brooklyn, which was published in 1999 (6)

20 Stated clearly and in detail (8)

23 Total number of points achievable on Ken Bruce’s PopMaster radio quiz (6,4)

26 ____ Braff, actor and filmmaker who directed the 2004 film Garden State (4)

27 Early Christian missionary who is the patron saint of Glasgow (5)

28 Legal proceedings for the review of court decisions (7)

DOWN

1 Primly fastidious (3-7)

2 A dark rain cloud (6)

3 ____ Benitez, Spanish former manager of Liverpool and Newcastle United football clubs (4)

4 Jimmy, lovable rogue in Brookside played by the late Dean Sullivan (8)

5 ____ Fox, Conservative politician and former GP, first elected in 1992 (4)

6 Masked vigilante created by pulp writer Johnston McCulley (5)

8 Song sung by Idina Menzel as Elsa in the 2013 musical film Frozen (3,2,2)

12 Artless or ingenuous (5)

14 A religious initiation ceremony for a Jewish girl aged 12 or 13 (3,7)

16 Thomas, conductor and impresario who was born in 1879 (7)

17 Informal and slightly dated term for nonsense (8)

21 Describing the dress of those at or from expensive schools in the U.S. (6)

22 Bone that is also known as the ‘anvil’ in the middle ear (5)

24 ____ Magritte, Belgian surrealist noted for his unsettling paintings (4)

25 Country in which the Erbil Citadel UNESCO World Heritage Site is located (4)

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