GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

6 Genus of carnivorous plants known as sundews (7)

7 __ Khan, ex-cricketer and Pakistan prime minister from 2018 until 2022 (5)

9 Patrice, French left back who played for Manchester United FC (4) 10 Formula One motor racing team for which Daniel Ricciardo drove in 2023 (10)

11 A written sign or symbol that represents a concept (8)

13 Jonathan, writer of the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick… Boom! (6)

15 A light sparkling wine from a northwestern region of Italy (4)

17 Points of transition (5)

18 ____ Cooper, husband of Alison in the BBC TV sitcom Ghosts (4)

19 Mount ____, mountain range in northwestern Israel near Haifa (6)

20 South African city in which its national parliament is based (4,4) 23 TV drama series about new Northern Ireland police recruits, which aired in 2023 (4,6)

26 An aquatic plant that lacks stems, roots and leaves (4)

27 A small growth, usually benign, protruding from a membrane (5)

28 Esplanade and seawall

in Havana in Cuba (7)

DOWN

1 A temporary prohibition

of an activity (10)

2 The Fresh Prince Of ____, sitcom starring Will Smith (3-3)

3 ____ waist, a very slender middle, often one that is tightly corseted (4)

4 Very unusual and welcome events not explicable by natural or scientific laws (8)

5 Another name for

the killer whale (4)

6 Patron saint of Wales (5) 8 English county that includes the stately home Holkham Hall (7)

12 Roxy ____, art rock band whose lead vocalist was Bryan Ferry (5)

14 A sending of money to a recipient who lives abroad (10)

16 An edible bivalve mollusc with a ribbed fan-shaped shell (7)

17 The muse of eloquence and epic poetry in Greek mythology (8)

21 A heavy implement with a rounded end used for grinding spices (6)

22 Home town in Lancashire

of Wallace and Gromit (5) 24 ____ Mills, food writer born in 1991, noted for her plant-based blog (4)

25 Jon, actor who voiced Herb Overkill in 2015 animated film Minions (4)

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