GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

Éamon, Taoiseach and President who founded 8 9 Fianna Fáil in 1926 (2,6) Nasa space project in the 1960s and 70s that landed the first human on the Moon (6) 10 Dorothy ____, U.S. skater who won gold in the women’s figure skating in the 1976 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck (6) 11 A four-footed reptile with a dome-shaped leathery shell (8) 12 Mysterious or inscrutable people (8) 13 To ____ , ode by John Keats published in 1820 (6) 14 ____ Watson, actress who played Meg March in the 2019 film Little Women (4) 16 Robert ____, lead vocalist and guitarist of The Cure (5) 17 Ballet dancer Carlos Acosta is a native of this country (4) 18 A full assembly (6) 20 Hampshire village that contains Britain’s National Motor Museum (8) 23 This edible seed with tahini, lemon juice and garlic forms the dip hummus (8) 24 Philip ____, Irish milliner born in 1967 (6) 25 Allan ____, South African ex-fast bowler nicknamed White Lightning (6) 26 British actor who played Bane in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises (3,5)

DOWN

1 To go away promptly or suddenly (6) 2 A Roman Catholic church with honorific privileges (8) 3 Type of angle that is more than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees (6) 4 Fantasy film series related to Harry Potter starring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander (9,6) 5 U.S. jazz drummer and composer born in 1924 (3,5) 6 To compere jointly with others a programme or event (2-4) 7 A group of people organised virtually who assemble in public to perform a prearranged activity (5,3) 15 One of the traditional names of the biblical Magi along with Gaspar and Balthasar (8) 16 Hard-boiled private detective created by Dashiell Hammett (3,5) 17 A street that is closed at one end (3-2-3) 19 The drink of the Greek gods (6) 21 A chronic respiratory condition (6) 22 Portugal’s pre-euro currency (6)