GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Across

1. County town of Dorset, England; also a luxury hotel in London (10)

6. ___ Fire, second book in the Hunger Games series (8)

10. Dancers painted by French artist Edgar Degas (10)

11. Music genre originating from reggae (3)

12. Highest singing voice (6)

15. Historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1820 (7)

19. “____ are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them”: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (7)

20. Flowering plant once smoked by Native Americans to treat asthma (7)

21. New Zealander who drove in 25 F1 races in 2017-18 (7)

24. The throne in A Game of Thrones is made of these (6)

28. White heron which develops fine plumes down its back in breeding season (5)

30. “_____ is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and 50 cents for your soul”: Marilyn Monroe (9)

33. Province of the Philippines consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands (4)

34. Colour of the two Gs in the Google logo (4)

36. Proverb: ___ ___ make light work (4,5)

38. The Life and __ of a She-Devil: 1983 novel by Fay Weldon (5)

41. Swiss tennis player who won five Grand Slam singles titles in 1997-1999 (6)

44. City in Rhode Island, site of the America’s Cup from 1930-83 (7)

48. Person kept prisoner either for ransom or as security (7)

49. Last word in the third line of the first verse of God Defend New Zealand (English version) (7)

51. A spy who remains dormant for a time before being activated (7)

54. Card suit which symbolises the halberd, a medieval weapon (6)

57. “Neither snow __ rain __ heat __ gloom of night stays these couriers”: unofficial motto of the US Postal Service (3)

58. Substance banned in Singapore since 1992 (7,3)

59. Biographical sports film starring Will Smith and Jamie Foxx (3)

60. English political journalist and broadcaster, 1923-2000, who always wore a bowtie (5,3)

61. The ponga is a variety of this (4,4)

Down

1. In mythology, the father of Icarus (8)

2. Type of pie eaten by Mr McGregor in a Beatrix Potter story (6)

3. Welsh port with ferry services to Ireland (8)

4. Nationality of rock band Europe, who had a hit with The Final Countdown (7)

5. In feudal Japan, a lordless wandering samurai (5)

6. City in Peru, gateway to the Inca Trail (5)

7. 27th President of the US, 19091913 (4)

8. “I love to travel, but __ to arrive”: Albert Einstein (4)

9. Richard of York __ __ In Vain, mnemonic to help remember the colours of the rainbow (4,6)

13. Russia’s currency (5)

14. Cut of beef adjacent to the shoulder blade (5)

16. One of the four elements of the ancients (3)

17. Computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey (3)

18. Cathedral city in Cambridgeshire (3)

22. American actor known for his role as Tim‘The Toolman’Taylor (5)

23. Type of business founded by William Hamley in 1760 (7)

25. “__ is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!”: Psalms 120:5 (3)

26. Cosmetic powder used to colour the cheeks (5)

27. One of Noah’s sons, brother of Japheth and Ham (4)

29. West African country, capital Libreville (5)

31. “Never be a minion, always be an ___”: Cornelius Vanderbilt (5)

32. Fast-moving 10-year-old boy in The Incredibles films (4)

33. Essex market town, at one time the capital of Roman Britain (10)

35. Sub-machine gun designed in the late 1940s (3)

37. Patron saint of chastity, young girls and gardeners (5)

39. Virgin goddess of the hearth and home (5)

40. Ancient Greek measure equivalent to 184m (5)

42. Figure that indicates it is safe for pedestrians to cross a road (5,3)

43. Spa town in Tuscany that takes its name from a Roman God (8)

45. Michelle __, Hawaiian golfer who played in the US Amateur championship aged 10 and turned professional at 15 (3)

46. British abbreviation for an older person, or the state benefit they receive (3)

47. First name of Conran, Stamp and Rattigan (7)

50. Wooden fastener on a duffel coat (6)

52. I Should Be So ____, 1987 song by Kylie Minogue (5)

53. Description of someone chosen for office but not yet installed (5)

55. Surrealist painter whose most recognisable work is The Persistence of Memory (4)

56. Young herring canned as sardines in Norway (4)