GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Matthew, British rower who won four Olympic gold medals (7) 7 The Fox And The Grapes is one of the fables credited to this legendary Greek writer (5) 9 The number eight in Italian (4) 10 The smallest of the Benelux countries (10) 11 Spy action comedy film series starring Taron Egerton (8) 13 Kate, English TV presenter specialising in wildlife programmes (6) 15 Term for a person from a range of peoples inhabiting Eastern Europe including Russians and Serbs (4) 17 Basil Fawlty’s wife played by Prunella Scales in Fawlty Towers (5) 18 A florin was a former silver British one (4) 19 Lupita, Kenyan-Mexican actress who played Maz Kanata in the Star Wars series (6) 20 An adverse reaction or consequence, sometimes violent (8) 23 Queen of the Netherlands during both World Wars (10) 26 Nickname for Sheffield Wednesday FC (4) 27 Sue _ _ _ _ _ , J.R. Ewing’s wife in Dallas played by Linda Gray (5) 28 A small bouquet or posy (7)

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1 1992 revisionist Western starring and directed by Clint Eastwood (10) 2 Back To _ _ _ _ _ _ , debut studio album by James Blunt (6) 3 River of the underworld in Greek mythology (4) 4 Marble mausoleum built in Agra by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his late wife (3,5) 5 A civil injunction on unruly individuals introduced in the UK in 1998 and replaced in 2014 (except in Scotland) (4) 6 Representations of naked young boys, often with wings, in Renaissance or Baroque art (5) 8 Giovanni Battista, Italian who founded a rubber manufacturing company in Milan in 1872 (7) 12 Term used for a person who gained wealth or influence in British colonial India (5) 14 Colleen, Australian novelist noted for The Thorn Birds (10) 16 Supposed connection between features of a landscape having scientific or magical significance in prehistoric times (3,4) 17 Country whose devolved legislature is commonly referred to as Holyrood (8) 21 _ _ _ _ _ _ fish, freshwater fish other than that of the salmon family (6) 22 Mark, English snooker player nicknamed The Jester from Leicester (5) 24 A ship’s body or frame (4) 25 St Columba founded an abbey on this island in the Inner Hebrides (4) SOLUTION ON MONDAY