GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 First-class cricket nation that plays home Tests in cities including Galle and Kandy (3,5) 9 A fabric with a velvet-like pile (6) 10 Term meaning ‘one after another’ (2,8) 11 Probability or chances (4) 12 Song in the musical Cats sung by the character Grizabella with lyrics by Trevor Nunn (6) 14 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Boogie Woogie, 1943 painting by Piet Mondrian, partly inspired by the city grid of Manhattan (8) 15 John, Conservative minister who resigned in 1963 because of his relationship with Christine Keeler (7) 17 Alf, character played by Warren Mitchell in the TV sitcom Till Death Us Do Part (7) 20 A shawl made from the fine underfleece of Himalayan goats (8) 22 A deceptive image of a distant object formed by light refracted as it passes through air (6) 24 U.S. state that includes Bryce Canyon National Park (4) 25 A purple-black fruit used to make wine (10) 27 Japanese motor company founded in 1937 (6) 28 Louis, poet born in Belfast in 1907 noted for poems such as Snow and Prayer Before Birth (8)
DOWN
1 Lucy, the first English footballer to win the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year Award (6) 2 Cerulean is a shade of this primary colour (4) 3 A swelling in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in its wall (8) 4 Tom, detective played by John Nettles in Midsomer Murders (7) 5 City in northwestern Spain that is capital of the region of Asturias (6) 6 One who contributes to a ‘bank’ for medical transfusions (5,5) 7 The fourth part of a circle or its circumference (8) 13 Phrase meaning ‘out of a difficult situation’ (3,3,4) 16 A mental or physical effect caused by e.g. medicine or drugs (8) 18 Competition between nations in building up weaponry (4,4) 19 Bicycles for two riders (7) 21 U.S. slang term for a jewel thief (3,3) 23 _ _ _ _ _ _ Castle, filming location in North Wales for the 2020 series of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! (6) 26 Mark, English actor who played villain Alan Bradley in Coronation Street (4)
SOLUTION TOMORROW