GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3. 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse (5,4) 8. Pacific island whose capital is Agana (4) 9. US boxer, World Heavyweight Champion in 1986-90 (4,5) 10. William, designer who founded the Kelmscott Press in 1890 (6) 11. --- the Great, king of Judaea 37-4 BC (5) 14. Unit of length equal to approximately 1.094 yards (5) 15. John, designer of London’s Marble Arch (4) 16. Ferocious fish of which the dogfish is a type (5) 18. Norway’s capital (4) 20. The positive electrode in an electrolytic cell (5) 21. Max, German painter who developed the technique of collage (5) 24. City and spa in Germany whose French name is Aix-la-Chapelle (6) 25. See 2 Down 26. Mountain range in South-Central Europe whose highest peak is Mont Blanc (4) 27. Floyd, Olympic middleweight boxing champion 1952 (9)

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1. In Greek mythology, king of Mycenae who led the Greeks at Troy (9) 2 & 25Ac. “A ---”, 1973 novel by JP Donleavy (5,4,2,3,4) 4. Wading bird (4) 5. Belgian province, formerly a principality of the Holy Roman Empire (5) 6 & 19Dn. English football team who play at Brisbane Road (6,6) 7. English river associated with Shakespeare (4) 9. Mr Davis, US jazz trumpeter and composer born in 1926 (5) 11. Organ to which the adjective cardiac relates (5) 12. 1994 Spanish Grand Prix winner (5,4) 13. Port in Kent at the junction of the Medway estuary and the Thames (9) 17. Small canoe-like boat used by Inuits (5) 19. See 6 Down 22. Leo, singer whose hits included One Man Band and When I Need You (5) 23. King of Mercia

757-796 (4) 24. River which flows through Pisa and Florence (4)