General knowledge crossword

ACROSS

5 Who did Bill Owen play from 1973 to 1999 in TV’s Last of the Summer Wine? (5)

8 What was the left-hand side of a ship formerly called? (8)

9 Somalia has about 7 million people and about 20 million what? (5)

10 Which city sits astride the rivers Dee and Don? (8)

11 What are produced by the lachrymal glands? (5)

14 What is a sheep in its second year called? (3)

16 What colloquial word means “crammed full”? (6)

17 Jezebel was denounced by which Hebrew prophet? (6)

18 Who might wear a wimple? (3)

20 According to Benny Hill, who was the fastest milkman in the West? (5)

24 What is mulled wine from Germany or Austria? (8)

25 What word applies to a costly ornamental building, perhaps in a garden? (5)

26 What cooking ingredient is the dried fruit of small seedless grapes? (8)

27 The name of which Japanese city is an anagram of Kyoto? (5)

DOWN

1 An Egyptian slave was smeared with ass milk to trap what pests? (5)

2 What wickerwork basket holds fish? (5)

3 Which beach in Sydney is its most famous? (5)

4 Which country’s stamps show the word “Hellas”? (6)

6 Elvis Presley’s hit “It’s Now or Never” is based on which Italian song? (1,4,3) 7 Who was accompanied by Tinker Bell? (5,3)

12 What did Cherilyn Sarkasian La Pier change her name to in 1964? (4,4)

13 Which mountain is the US’s highest? (8)

14 What is the abbreviation for tangent? (3)

15 What is a slang word for “information”? (3)

19 What mark over a vowel in Germanic languages indicates a vowel change? (6)

21 Which Star Trek lieutenant has been described as “little more than an intergalactic telephonist”? (5)

22 Which British comic celebrated its 70th birthday in 2008? (5)

23 What describes a feeling of acute but nonspecific anxiety? (5)