GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Slavic-Turkic people who live near the Black Sea and formed the cavalry of Russian tsars (8) 5 Andy, U.S. pop artist whose studio in New York was The Factory (6) 10 Title adopted by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804 (7) 11 ______ of Aquitaine, wife of King Henry II (7) 12 Computer-animated comedy film franchise about a titular ogre (5) 13 Revolving gateway in an entry to regulate the passage of one person at a time (9) 14 Larvae of butterflies or moths (12) 18 Historic Eastern European region, now in Romania,

noted as the home of vampires (12) 21 A drug that reduces or relieves pain (9) 23 Actor with a very minor part, e.g. in a crowd scene (5) 24 Market town in the High Peak in Derbyshire (7) 25 ______ Cordiale, understanding reached between Britain

and France in 1904 (7) 26 Bryan, ex-Manchester United and England footballer

nicknamed Captain Marvel (6) 27 Epic space sci-fi franchise created by George Lucas (4,4)

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1 Scamorza is a type of this food from Italy (6) 2 Magnificent or splendid (6) 3 An official language of South Africa that evolved from the dialects of Dutch settlers (9) 4 Location, Location, Location co-presenter with Phil Spencer (7,7) 6 Name for difficult edge jumps in ice skating (5) 7 _____ Lecter, serial killer played on film by Brian Cox and Anthony Hopkins (8) 8 The willingness to spend freely (8) 9 English fantasy author noted for his Discworld series (5,9) 15 Its rugby union team the Tigers play at the Welford Road Stadium (9) 16 _____ Things, U.S. supernatural TV series created by the Duffer Brothers (8) 17 A subterranean place for the burial of the dead (8) 19 A group of lines of verse forming part of a song or poem (6) 20 Dorothy L., Lord Peter Wimsey creator (6) 22 Vigorous relish or enjoyment (5) SOLUTION TOMORROW