GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Rocky headland on the southern tip of mainland South America (4,4) 9 Mount of ___ , sacred site and limestone ridge east of the Old City of Jerusalem (6) 10 Shorthand term for the annual singing contest run by the European Broadcasting Union since 1956 (10) 11 Thelonious, U.S. jazz pianist and composer (4) 12 Thirty-six of these constitute a yard (6) 14 Duchess of _____ , Camilla Parker Bowles’ royal title (8) 15 Barbadian pop and R&B singer born in 1988 (7) 17 Henri, French painter noted for his work Dance created in 1910 (7) 20 English warship in King Henry VIII’s reign sunk in 1545 (4,4) 22 Crime novelist Stieg Larsson was born in this country (6) 24 Byname of Brazilian footballer who made his international debut aged 16 in 1957 (4) 25 Nikita, Soviet premier who adopted a de-Stalinization policy (10) 27 Hans, Anglo-Irish physician and naturalist whose collection founded the British Museum and after whom a London square is named (6) 28 Popeye the Sailor’s love interest (5,3)

DOWN

1 Second largest planet in the solar system noted for its rings (6) 2 Finding ___ , 2003 computer-animated adventure film about a clownfish (4) 3 Anne, The Weakest Link presenter (8) 4 Ancient city in Turkey that was the headquarters of the missionary St Paul (7) 5 Little Jack, English nursery rhyme character (6) 6 English snooker player nicknamed The Whirlwind (5,5) 7 Debbie, U.S. actress who starred in Singin’ in the Rain and was mother of Carrie Fisher (8) 13 Type of loud, vigorous rock music with a clashing, harsh musical style (5,5) 16 _____ Rossellini, Italian-U.S. actress and daughter of Ingrid Bergman (8) 18 John Wilkes Booth was a U.S. presidential one in 1865 (8) 19 James, pen name of the British vet who wrote If Only They Could Talk (7) 21 Annie, U.S. markswoman who starred in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show (6) 23 ____ Waugh, Brideshead Revisited novelist (6) 26 A gang or ship’s company (4)