GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Song that was a UK No. 1 hit

for Take That in 2006 (8) 9 ____ Villa, Mexican revolutionary general born in 1878 (6) 10 Central character in John Braine’s 1957 novel Room At The Top (3,7) 11 English university whose colleges include Alcuin and David Kato (4) 12 The Other ____ Girl, historical novel by Philippa Gregory published in 2001 (6) 14 An animal with four

feet or legs (8) 15 Padded section of a seat on which a sitter can place their upper limbs (7) 17 A Chinese snack of fried batter bound together with a sugary syrup (7) 20 Creamy French white sauce that is made from roux and milk (8) 22 A severe flood or

inundation (6) 24 Jeremy, Belgian winger who joined Manchester City FC in 2023 (4) 25 Actor who played President Harry S. Truman in the 2023 film Oppenheimer (4,6) 27 Gael, Racing 92 rugby union player who made his debut for France in 2013 (6) 28 Diacritical marks written under the letter ‘c’ in French (8)

DOWN

1 ____ Blahnik, Spanish fashion designer who is noted for his high-end shoes (6) 2 ____ & Grace, sitcom featuring a gay lawyer played by Eric McCormack (4) 3 Plants of the buttercup family, usually with brightly coloured flowers (8) 4 To carry a foetus in the womb from conception to birth (7) 5 A small harpsichord popular in the 18th century (6) 6 Pop artist whose bestknown works include Campbell’s Soup Cans and Marilyn Diptych (4,6) 7 The capital of Sudan (8) 13 1974 film about the natural disaster of the title, starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner (10) 16 The art of effective

speaking (8) 18 Do ____ Dream Of Electric Sheep?, 1968 sci-fi novel by Philip K. Dick (8) 19 ____ Cliff, ceramic artist and designer born in 1899 (7) 21 Saint to whom the cathedral in Kirkwall in Orkney is dedicated (6) 23 Rory, real name of singer

Rag’n’Bone Man (6) 26 A small valley, usually

covered with trees (4)

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