BUMPER WORDFIT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Across

1. New Zealand’s 19th Prime Minister, in office 1912-1925 (6)

5. Ode __ __, the final poem in John Keats’‘1819 Odes’ (2,6)

9. British television series adapted from three novels by British novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (8)

10. Variety of Chinese foods served in small portions (3,3)

11. Biscuit made of cherries, dried fruit and nuts, coated on the underside with chocolate (10)

12. First name of Coolidge, Angus, Ora and Hayworth (4)

13. Australian rugby league team whose home ground is 55km west of central Sydney, 2021 NRL champions (8)

16. White colourless chemical compound with the chemical formula SiO2 (6)

17. An assumed or fictitious name (6)

19. Singer who performed the title song to the fourth James Bond movie, Thunderball (3,5)

21. “This royal throne of kings, this sceptered __” (4)

22. British army officer, born 1887, known as ‘The Spartan General’ (10)

25. Fifth largest city in California, whose name means ‘ash tree’ in Spanish (6)

26. US actress, born 1932, who starred alongside Gene Kelly in Singin’ In The

Rain (8)

27. District of south London in the boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley and Southwark (8)

28. Irish actor who appeared in The Mission and Michael Collins (6)

Down

2. French name for the month of April (5)

3. Measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse, used to detect objects on or under the surface of the water (5)

4. Capital city of Cameroon, spread over seven hills, founded in 1888 by German traders (7)

5. Small, interesting pieces of gossip or information (7)

6. English film and stage actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1964 (7)

7. South American shrub which produces reddish, edible egg-shaped fruit (9)

8. Facial hair with styles such as pencil, toothbrush, handlebar, walrus and Fu Manchu (9)

14. Debut novel of 19th century English author Anne Bronte, published 1847 (5,4)

15. South-eastern US state known as The Volunteer State (9)

18. Large, extinct hairy-coated creature with upturned tusks (7)

19. Puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces, invented in China duri ng the Song Dynasty (7)

20. American actress who played the role of Carole Bradshaw in the 1986 film Top Gun (3,4)

23. English sculptor and artist, 18981986, whose huge bronzes are on display worldwide (5)

24. Event which is a showcase of cowboy skills (5)