General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

3. Cathedral town in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland (9)

8. Mild yellow Dutch cheese (4)

9. Wife of Othello in Shakespeare’s play (9)

10. In Greek mythology, son of Chaos and god of darkness (6)

11. Spiny Mediterranean plant with edible flower buds (5)

14. Mammal with an elongated snout (5)

15. Queen of Sparta who was mother of Helen by Zeus (4)

16. Mr. Bikila, 1960 Olympic men’s marathon champion (5)

18. In heraldry, the colour green (4)

20. Worm which feeds on the blood of other animals (5)

21. Donald, 45th US president (5)

24. State capital of Colorado (6)

25. ‘The ---’, 1963 novel by John Fowles (9)

26. Bluish-white metallic element whose symbol is Zn (4)

27. P.G., author whose creations include Bertie Wooster and Jeeves (9)

DOWN

1. See 11 Down

2. Lindsay, 1998 US Open women’s singles tennis champion (9)

4. Charles, composer of 1891’s Variations on ‘America’ (4)

5. Ancient region on the coast of W. Asia Minor (5)

6. Erwin, German field marshal nicknamed the Desert Fox (6)

7. Another name for the European sea eagle (4)

9. Old World variety of sorghum also called Guinea corn (5)

11 & 1D ‘The ---’, 1978 film comedy scripted by Neil Simon starring Peter Falk (5,9)

12 & 24D 1992 film by Quentin Tarantino (9,4)

13. Burt, composer whose film scores include Casino Royale (9)

17. A young eel (5)

19. Seaport in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, on the River Lee (6)

22. Former Portuguese colony in S.E. China (5)

23. Hideki, Japanese soldier and premier hanged as a war criminal in 1948 (4)

24. See 12 Down