GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 ____ guitar, one that does not require electrical amplification (8) 9 Tom ____ , British filmmaker who directed the 2012 musical film Les Misérables (6) 10 The action or technique of disguising military vehicles, weapons, installations or personnel (10) 11 Phalanges are the bones in
these parts of a body (4) 12 A large penguin with a bright orange bill and prominent tail that is native to Antarctica (6) 14 A British breed of pig with
distinctive red-gold hair (8) 15 Lavish meals or feasts (7) 17 A colourless liquid with a sweetish odour used as a solvent and cleaning agent (7) 20 Convincingly honest
or authentic (8) 22 A figure of speech making a comparison of one thing with another (6) 24 A person that is the object of supreme devotion (4) 25 Gianluigi ____, Italian goalkeeper who was named UEFA’s player of the tournament at Euro 2020 (10) 27 ____ Christie, English crime writer who is the bestselling novelist of all time (6) 28 Bohemian ____ , song by British rock band Queen released in 1975 (8)
DOWN
1 Bow and ____ , to behave in an excessively deferential or obsequious way (6) 2 An aperitif of prosecco, elderflower syrup, seltzer and mint leaves (4) 3 ____ Cripps, Labour politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947 to 1950 (8) 4 Shona ____, English actress who plays Whitney Dean in EastEnders (7) 5 Mucus that is usually
brought up by coughing (6) 6 An examination of a body to determine the cause of death (4-6) 7 British comedian noted for his novels Dead Famous and High Society (3,5) 13 A surveying instrument with a rotating telescope for measuring horizontal and vertical angles (10) 16 A conceptual model in the theory or practice of a particular science or discipline (8) 18 A person who has managed to float or swim to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk (8) 19 ____ Bernstein, U.S. conductor and composer who wrote the music for West Side Story (7) 21 A place of pandemonium
or uproar (6) 23 The eleventh letter of the
Greek alphabet (6) 26 ____ Major, the other name for the constellation Great Bear (4)
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