GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 County flower of Leicestershire chosen by the charity Plantlife (8) 9 In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Robin Starveling has this occupation (6) 10 Italian Renaissance composer noted for his masses and motets (10) 11 David, fictional title character played by Richard Madden in Bodyguard (4) 12 Vincent, actor who plays The Asset in the 2016 film Jason Bourne (6) 14 Fictional desert planet, Luke Skywalker’s home in the Star Wars series (8) 15 Orange-coloured fruit with a roundish oval shape (7) 17 Amy, Parks and Recreation actress (7) 20 Georges, who succeeded De Gaulle as French president in 1969 (8) 22 St Chad’s is a college at this university (6) 24 ____ Simmons, bassist and co-lead vocalist of Kiss (4) 25 2010 studio album released by Arcade Fire (3,7) 27 Stefan, whose first Grand Slam tennis title was the Australian Open in 1985 (6) 28 Level space in a garden with an ornamental arrangement of flower beds (8)

DOWN

1 ____ Palace, ex-winter residence of the Dalai Lamas in Tibet (6) 2 Shrek is a fictional one (4) 3 Elvis, singer/songwriter who made the 2013 album Wise Up Ghost with The Roots (8) 4 To intervene for the purpose of reconciliation (7) 5 Charles I and II both belonged to this royal house (6) 6 UK ex-reality TV show narrated by Marcus Bentley (3,7) 7 Gremlins director (3,5) 13 Device to measure a golf putting green’s speed (10) 16 Money obtained from an activity (8) 18 Traditionalist group often seen as too conservative (3,5) 19 Greek muse, patron of flute music (7) 21 The weakened state of advanced years (6) 23 _____ Camus, The Plague novelist (6) 26 Middle layer of the eye containing the iris (4)

SOLUTION TOMORROW