GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across

1. 1892 ballet whose music – by Tchaikovsky – was for many years more popular than the ballet (3,10)

10. The Dark __, series of eight books by Stephen King (5)

11. Roman poet and philosopher who died around 55 BC (9)

12. “We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is ___”: Lech Walesa (9)

13. Currency of Norway, which consists of 100 ore (5)

14. Term used by fencers before a bout (2,5) 16. Final studio album, in 1993, by American rock band Nirvana (2,5)

18. Poison which killed Hamlet’s father (7) 20. Item which features in the dish Laksa (7) 22. Profession of Catherine Barkley in Ernest Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms (5) 24. Greek term that means ‘the masses’ (3,6) 26. Type of gun dog bred to return game to its master (9)

27. American technology company founded in 1968 (5)

28. Procedure to determine whether a man is the biological father of a child (9,4) Down 2. Scientist who was the subject of 2014 film

The Theory of Everything (7)

3. Elin ___, Swedish model who divorced Tiger Woods in 2010 (9)

4. Diacritical mark placed over a letter to emphasise it (5)

5. Period of economic decline, usually identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters (9)

6. Most common location a DNA sample is taken from (5)

7. In Greek tragedy, a passage of dialogue between two songs; now used mostly in relation to TV programmes (7)

8. Scotsman who became the youngest snooker world champion in 1990, aged 21 (7,6)

9. Archipelago off the tip of the Cornish peninsula (5,2,6)

15. Dutch city where the Philips electronics company originated (9)

17. Manufactured name for a person who studies UFOs (9)

19. Square, ridged hat worn by Roman Catholic clergymen (7)

21. Items attached to a car to identify the driver as being inexperienced (1,6)

23. “I know how men in __ feed on dreams”: Aeschylus (5)

25. Supernatural creature in Islamic mythology (5)