GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 A crumb-like particle or pellet (7) 7 A group of nine musicians who perform together (5) 9 Bluefin and skipjack are two species of this fish (4) 10 Albert, French-German theologian and mission doctor in equatorial Africa who received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize (10) 11 Energising action or drive (8) 13 Natives of a Middle Eastern country that encompasses most of ancient Mesopotamia (6) 15 The Himalayas are a mountain range in this continent (4) 17 Jacqueline, former EastEnders actress who won I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2019 (5) 18 A pride is the collective noun for such an animal (4) 19 White powder formerly obtained from the remains of burnt wood for use as a fertiliser (6) 20 Line on the London Underground coloured black on maps (8) 23 Powerful, predatory species of shark on which the one in the 1975 film Jaws was based (5,5) 26 ___ Korbut, former gymnast from the Soviet Union nicknamed the Sparrow from Minsk (4) 27 The physical remains of a saint or other holy person, treated as an object of veneration (5) 28 A small administrative division in France and Frenchspeaking countries (7)
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1 All-female pop group formed in London in 1981 whose hits included Robert de Niro’s Waiting... (10) 2 ____ belt, humorous term for a region populated by middle-class, healthconscious people (6) 3 ____ Rogen, Canadian actor who starred in the 2007 romantic comedy film Knocked Up (4) 4 Aromatic plant whose seeds and stems are used as a flavouring and in decorating cakes (8) 5 A piece of ribbon, lace etc tied as an ornament (4) 6 A feast, often an annual commemoration held by a university or college (5) 8 Lee, U.S. golfer who won the British Open in 1971 and 1972 (7) 12 A builder or worker in stone (5) 14 Song recorded by Elvis Presley and released in 1957 (3,5,2) 16 An implement for cleaning or scrubbing (7) 17 Action thriller film series starring Keanu Reeves as the title character (4,4) 21 The Jackdaw of ____ , humorous narrative poem by Richard Barham about a bird stealing a ring (6) 22 A dishonest or unprincipled person (5) 24 A state united with another by treaty for political or military purposes (4) 25 Cuzco was the capital of this former empire in South America (4)