GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 A red pigment in tomatoes and other fruits that acts as a powerful antioxidant (8) 9 Cardiac ____, another

term for heart failure (6) 10 The point in the orbit of a moon or man-made satellite when it is farthest from the Earth (6) 11 The only country in South America whose official language is Dutch (8) 12 Andrea, Italian architect born in 1508, noted for his design of palaces and villas in northern Italy (8) 13 A male member of a

ruling Arab family (6) 14 Spick and ____, phrase

meaning ‘orderly and very clean’ (4) 16 A hooked claw or finger (5) 17 The flipping of a coin to

make a decision (4) 18 A lottery in which tickets are sold and the winners determined by a random draw (6) 20 Australian bushranger

and outlaw who was born in 1854 (3,5) 23 Month of the year that is covered by the star signs Aquarius and Pisces (8) 24 Labi, British singersongwriter noted for his song (Something Inside) So Strong (6) 25 A confused mixture of

different types of things (6) 26 Provision of new electric cables into an appliance, building or vehicle (8)

DOWN

1 The technical term for

short-sightedness (6) 2 Nicola, Irish actress who plays Clare Devlin in TV sitcom Derry Girls (8) 3 A sea nymph and daughter

of a minor sea god in Greek mythology (6) 4 The official headquarters of London’s Metropolitan Police (3,8,4) 5 Rex, the English actor noted for playing Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady on stage and film (8) 6 A style of raucous rock music and fashion for untidy clothes popular in the early 1990s (6) 7 Kostas, left-back for Greece and Liverpool FC, signed from Olympiacos in 2020 (8) 15 A small piece, e.g. of card or plastic, on which dishes are put on a table (5,3) 16 Backing band for U.S. singer-songwriter and pianist Bruce Hornsby (3,5) 17 Market town in Norfolk that contains the Dad’s Army Museum (8) 19 George, English actor and comedian born in Wigan in 1904, noted for playing the ukulele (6) 21 To refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with (6) 22 In humans, the hollow tube that contains vocal cords (6)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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