General knowledge crossword

ACROSS

9. She was beheaded after less than two years of marriage to Henry VIII

(9,6)

10. Second album released by Irish rock band U2 in 1981 (7)

12. Der __, German weekly news magazine founded in 1947 (7)

13. South American sub-tropical tree which displays beautiful long-lasting purple flowers (9)

14. Traditional Indian drink made from yogurt, water, spices and fruit (5)

15. Any song with French words (7)

18. Red-haired cook in British period drama Downton Abbey, Mrs ___ (7)

21. “Behaviour is the mirror in which everyone shows their __”: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (5)

23. Prefabricated structure of corrugated iron in widespread use during World War II (6,3)

25. French bread rich in eggs and butter (7)

26. Western U.S. state known as the Treasure State (7)

29. Variety of sweet apple which is the official state fruit of West Virginia (6,9)

DOWN

1. Fictitious beach in the title of a 1980 hit by Martha and the Muffins (4)

2. (In printing) cancel; as of a correction or omission (4)

3. In Greek mythology; three-headed dog with a serpent’s tail and mane of snakes (8) 4. Lemon-like fruit with thick warty rind (6)

5. Small lyre-shaped instrument placed between the teeth and played by plucking a metal reed (4,4)

6. An artificial language created by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1928 (6)

7. Body of water in the North Atlantic, named after a floating seaweed (8)

8. Fifth largest city in Australia, named in honour of the queen consort to King William IV (8)

11. U.S. term for economy class on a bus or plane (5)

15. Card game originating in the 17th Century, with a target of scoring 61 or 121 points (8)

16. Texan city featured in the title of a 1971 song by Neil Sedaka (8)

17. Japanese electronics company whose name translates as ‘leave luck to heaven’ (8)

19. U.S. rock group who had a 1979 hit with their first single My Sharona (3,5)

20. City in north-western France where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake (5)

22. Flat, round sweetened cake, filled with currants, named after a Lancashire town (6)

24. Union leader who became a minister in the first

Labour Government, ‘Fighting Bob’ ___ (6)

27. Senegalese-American rapper who had a 2005 hit with Lonely (4)

28. Domed recess at the east end of a church (4)