GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Twenty Four Hours From _ _ _ _ _ , song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, originally sung by Gene Pitney (5) 7 In a lawless state (8) 10 Nationality of the composer Jean Sibelius (7) 11 Ben, U.S. actor who directed and starred in the 2001 film Zoolander (7) 12 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ penguin, the tallest and heaviest species of that family (7) 13 A syrup-like medicine for coughs and sore throats (7) 14 1994 animated Disney musical film telling the story of Simba (3,4,4) 19 A shorthaired cat originally from Thailand with colourings that include seal and blue point (7) 21 To allay or appease (7) 23 A computer designed for use in a single workplace (7) 25 Whitney, U.S. singer who starred in and recorded the soundtrack to the 1992 film The Bodyguard (7) 26 Alicia, Swedish actress who starred in The Danish Girl (8) 27 The _ _ _ _ _ , name for the 15th fence on Aintree’s Grand National course (5)

DOWN

1 A container for growing flowers (5,3) 2 A long, thin, sharp-pointed sword mainly for thrusting (6) 3 Figure shown on and sharing its name with the weather vane at Lord’s Cricket Ground (6,4) 4 The deepest male voice in music (4) 5 Colour on the opposite end of a rainbow to red (6) 6 Hard-baked chewy sweet made of sugar and butter (6) 8 A dry red or white wine from the Tuscany region (7) 9 A Touch of _ _ _ _ _ , TV series featuring a detective played by David Jason (5) 13 The red rose is an emblem of this county (10) 15 Mourning Becomes _ _ _ _ _ _ , trilogy of plays by Eugene O’Neill premiered in 1931 (7) 16 Leslie, actor who played ‘Dirty’ Den Watts in EastEnders (8) 17 A comment not intended to be heard by others (5) 18 Kendall, U.S. model who rose to fame in the TV reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians (6) 20 Bunny, last British tennis player to reach a Wimbledon men’s singles final before Andy Murray (6) 22 A fine plaster used for

ceilings, floors and walls (6) 24 Protective guards worn on the legs by players batting in cricket (4)