GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Hard Italian cheese made from ewes’ milk (8) 9 _____ IV, the only English Pope (6) 10 Bulbous plant with brilliant yellow, white or purple flowers (6) 11 Leaving __ ____ , 1995 film starring Nicolas Cage (3,5) 12 TV sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb (4,4) 13 The _____ , hill in eastern Shropshire (6) 14 George, rugby union fly-half for Leicester Tigers and England (4) 16 Ned, Australian bushranger and outlaw (5) 17 ___ Wars, concluded by the Treaty of Vereeniging in 1902 (4) 18 Race on skis or in canoes with a twisting course (6) 20 Nickname for the U.S. flag (3,5) 23 Ex-British coin equivalent to five new pence (8) 24 Jessye, late U.S. operatic soprano (6) 25 To loom or threaten (6) 26 _____ Oak, hiding place for the future King Charles II in 1651 (8)

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1 Ronald, English cartoonist and illustrator noted for creating St Trinian’s School (6) 2 In computing, a flat area for moving a cursor (8) 3 Vulgar or trashy art, literature or music (6) 4 This Morning and Dancing On Ice co-presenter (5,10) 5 Raised path or road across a marsh or water (8) 6 Mount Olympus is this country’s highest peak (6) 7 Best Picture winner at the 92nd Oscars in 2020 (8) 15 U.S. state nicknamed The Sooner State (8) 16 Kids In America was her first single in the UK top 10 (3,5) 17 Strictly _____ , 1992 film directed by Baz Luhrmann (8) 19 ____ Of The Field, 1963 film starring Sidney Poitier (6) 21 Nationality of footballer Christian Eriksen (6) 22 A senior lecturer in British universities below a professor (6)