GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 1927 epic silent film directed by Abel Gance (8) 9 Asterix’s close friend in the comic book series (6) 10 Colin, George W. Bush’s first Secretary of State (6) 11 _____ Alleyn, inspector created by Ngaio Marsh (8) 12 Matriarch and wife of Gomez in The Addams Family (8) 13 Barry ___ , film directed by Stanley Kubrick based on a Thackeray novel (6) 14 To foretell the future by crystal gazing (4) 16 A group of witches (5) 17 Duff is a fictional type of this drink in The Simpsons (4) 18 An extinct South African wild zebra (6) 20 Highest mountain on the Isle of Man (8) 23 The St. Louis Cardinals are a team in this sport (8) 24 Away from the coast or towards the middle of a country (6) 25 Fictional character in the Toy Story film series voiced by Joan Cusack (6) 26 A person who lives in a town or city (8)
DOWN
1 ____ Blahnik, Spanish fashion designer noted for high-end women’s footwear (6) 2 Midlands city once nicknamed Britain’s Detroit (8) 3 ____ Hill, site of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 (6) 4 Flemish physician who wrote the first proper textbook of human anatomy (7,8) 5 2016 Nobel Literature Prize winner (3,5) 6 _____ Brown, English illusionist and author born in 1971 (6) 7 Eliud, Kenyan long-distance runner who holds the world marathon record (8) 15 Richard I was among the leaders of the Third of these in 1189-92 (8) 16 Timothée, Call Me By Your Name actor (8) 17 Impossible to understand or perplexing (8) 19 Summer Nights is a song from this musical (6) 21 Legz ____ , theatre company in The League Of Gentlemen (6) 22 A decametre is a unit of this (6)
SOLUTION TOMORROW