GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Island in the Venetian lagoon separated from the main part of the city (8) 9 ____ Kitt, U.S. singer and actress noted for her 1953 Christmas song Santa Baby (6) 10 The position of a player’s body in golf before playing a stroke (6) 11 Money paid in return

for protection (8) 12 A principal character in a fictional work who lacks noble qualities (8) 13 Devices that emit narrow beams of monochromatic light either continuously or in pulses (6) 14 A large wading bird with a downcurved bill and long legs (4) 16 Angela’s ____ , 1996 tragicomic memoir by Irish-U.S. writer Frank McCourt (5) 17 A closed or

clenched hand (4) 18 High steep rock faces

bordering the sea (6) 20 The ____ Baker Boys, 1990 film starring Jeff and Beau Bridges as a musical duo (8) 23 One who supports the institution of the monarchy (8) 24 Draco, character in the Harry Potter series played on screen by English actor Tom Felton (6) 25 Unsophisticated and

socially awkward (6) 26 To control or

hold back (8)

DOWN

1 A kind of glove with one undivided section covering the fingers and one the thumb (6) 2 Small lumps of tissue at

the back of the nose (8) 3 A systematic plan of action

for achieving an end (6) 4 1985 sci-fi film from which the English pop band McFly get their name (4,2,3,6) 5 Roman name for the Greek god who was the son of Zeus and Alcmene (8) 6 Mount ____ , active volcano and the second highest one in Antarctica (6) 7 Irish family musical band of three sisters and one brother, founded in 1990 (3,5) 15 Royal residence in Scotland that was purchased by Prince Albert in 1852 (8) 16 Patronage (8) 17 First of two albums by U.S. singer/songwriter Taylor Swift to be released in 2020 (8) 19 Country that won the 2022 Six Nations Championship in rugby union (6) 21 To perplex or puzzle (6) 22 The largest impact basin on the planet Mars and in the solar system (6)

SOLUTION TOMORROW