GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 In law, an item of property other than freehold land (7) 7 A long flat piece of timber, used especially in building and flooring (5) 9 Ruling dynasty of China

from 1368 to 1644 AD (4) 10 Little ____, marine creature, also called a sea moth, encased in bony rings and found in Indo-Pacific waters (10) 11 An underground cemetery with recesses for tombs (8) 13 Stephen, English film director whose films include The Queen and Philomena (6) 15 A courtesy title for a

priest in France (4) 17 ____ Slater, English food writer and broadcaster born in 1956 (5) 18 The interior cavity of a

ship used for cargo (4) 19 Dance With My ____, the last studio album by US singer/songwriter Luther Vandross, released in 2003 (6) 20 A player under consideration for a place in a sports team (8) 23 Hidden conflict or competitiveness within an organisation (10) 26 A loose scrum formed around a player with a ball off the ground in rugby union (4) 27 Diana, Canadian jazz pianist and singer who is married to Elvis Costello (5) 28 Wet one’s _____ ,

expression meaning ‘to take an alcoholic drink’ (7)

DOWN

1 Asian country that was given full Test cricket status in 2000 (10) 2 ____ flat, a small one often with an open-plan living area (6) 3 Wingless parasitic insect

that was an agent of the bubonic plague in the Middle Ages (4) 4 A ____ Of Sugar, song in the 1964 film musical Mary Poppins (8) 5 Welsh river rising in the Brecon Beacons and flowing into the River Severn estuary in Cardiff (4) 6 Country whose national flag consists of a red field with five golden stars (5) 8 Bird of prey also called a windhover, reflecting its ability to remain suspended in mid-air while hunting (7) 12 A curved part of a coast or river that is set back from the rest (5) 14 English composer who composed The March Of The Women, anthem of the women’s suffrage movement (5,5) 16 A bohemian person in the 1950s who rejected the aims of contemporary society (7) 17 Oldest RAF base in the UK, that opened in Ruislip in 1915 (8) 21 A girl’s name of Norse origin that means ‘beautiful’ (6) 22 Nevil, British writer who emigrated to Australia and is noted for his novel A Town Like Alice (5) 24 ____ Pavlov, the Russian physiologist noted for his work in classical conditioning (4) 25 Midwestern US state whose official state flower is the wild rose (4)

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