GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS 8 French fashion house founded by an aristocrat in 1952 (8) 9 A possible choice (6) 10 A craving to drink fluids (6) 11 A blockage of an artery, usually caused by a blood clot (8) 12 ____ shark, one with a long whiplike tail with which they round up fish on which they feed (8) 13 A small container used for holding a staple breakfast food (6) 14 Term in darts for a double twenty (4) 16 Undressed leather with a soft, unglazed nap finish, used in gloves and shoe uppers (5) 17 ____ Scheffler, German illustrator of the children’s book The Gruffalo (4) 18 ____ Britain, TV comedy sketch series starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams (6) 20 Benjamin ____, US Founding Father whose inventions include bifocals and the glass harmonica (8) 23 Carlo ____, Italian former goalkeeper for Chelsea and Spurs FC (8) 24 A loudspeaker used to make public announcements (6) 25 ____ von der Leyen, German politician elected President of the European Commission in 2019 (6) 26 A psychological disorder in which there is disabling or distressing anxiety (8)
DOWN 1 Henry The ____ , English Tudor monarch who married six times (6) 2 ____ (Taylor’s Version), album which US singer Taylor Swift re-recorded in 2021 (8) 3 ____ Corner, junction of the A1(M) and the A66 near Richmond in North Yorkshire (6) 4 Term used by a barrister in a British court to address another (2,7,6) 5 1983 Grand National winning horse, the first trained by a woman, Jenny Pitman (8) 6 A German prisoner of war camp in World War II, especially for noncommissioned officers (6) 7 A liquid condiment that is a traditional accompaniment to sushi (3,5) 15 A broadcast or published appreciation of a well-known person who has died (8) 16 ____ Smith, English actress who played the title role in the 2014 TV drama series Cilla (8) 17 Rowan ____, English comedian who has played Johnny English in three films (8) 19 To stumble or make an error (4,2) 21 ____ Daley, used car dealer played by George Cole in the TV comedy drama series Minder (6) 22 Song by Canadian singer Alanis Morissette that featured on her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill (6) SOLUTION TOMORROW