GENERALKNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across

1. Catchphrase ofDr Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future film series (5,5)

6. Devicewhich pulls skiers uphill (1-3)

9. Take It __ __ __, song released byThe Eagles in 1975 (2,3,5)

10. 1977-1981 sitcomabout theTate and Campbell families, featuring Benson the butler (4)

12. American jazz musician and band leader, 1909-1986, known as the King of Swing (5,7)

15. Luggagewhich can be stowed in the overhead locker of an aeroplane (5,2)

16. Active stratovolcano inWashington state, considered to be one of theworld’smost dangerous volcanoes (7)

17. Medication used to reduce pain and fever (7)

19. Town in theMackenzie District (7)

20. Type of confectionery, similar to toffee, which originated inYorkshire (12)

23. Four letter abbreviation ofOxfordshire (4)

24. Famous, glamorous peoplewho attend fashionable events (10)

25. Garden plant, Salvia officinalis, used as a culinary herb (4)

26. Name which represents the average Britishman on the street (4,6)

Down

1. Opening in thewall around a city, still used as part of street names long after thewall has gone (4)

2. “Ahuman being is what he ___”: Ludwig Feuerbach (4)

3. Americanweeklymagazine first published in 1925 (3,3,6)

4. Knot or roll of hair worn at thenapeof the neck (7)

5. Road sweeper character played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in the BBC comedyOnly Fools and Horses (7)

7. NewZealand’s Director-General ofHealth (10)

8. Northern American term for an exceptional performance or thing, e.g. a storm or sporting highlight (10)

11. Award-winning Canadian singersongwriter, born 1943 (4,8)

13. Albums used for displaying and preserving personal and family history (10)

14. Three vowels pronounced together in a single syllable (10)

18. Glass laboratory tubes named after a German chemist (7)

19. Type of glasswhich can’t be seen through (7)

21. Pet boarhound of Rubeus Hagrid in Harry Potter (4)

22. Affliction which can affect a golfer while putting (4)