GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across 6. Award-winning American singer/ songwriter who plays the role of Cinna in the Hunger Games film series (7)

7. ___ aunt: writer of a newspaper column where readers ask for help with their problems (5)

9. Marine measure of speed (4) 10. Member of the Cambridge Five spy ring who fled to Russia and died there in 1963 (3,7)

11. Plant which appears on Guam’s national flag (4,4)

13. Words in the title of a 1956 Elvis song and The Beatles first single in 1962 (4,2)

15. A CT or MRI examination (4)

17. Song by Lionel Richie, released in 1982 (5)

18. Marvel Comics character who has the American flag tattooed on his face (4) 19. A timber framework or low, broad wall built out into the sea to stop sand drifting (6) 20. City which is home to the world’s largest Ferris wheel (3,5) 23. The only black woman to have won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony (5,5) 26. __hook: traditional cutting tool used in agriculture and forestry (4) 27. Poison found naturally in the seeds of the castor oil plant (5) 28. Towns or villages in Latin America and the south-western US, especially native American settlements (7)

Down

1. Fortune-telling readings using a deck of cards (10)

2. Term coined in World War 1 for an ANZAC soldier (6)

3. Eldest daughter of Owen Armstrong in

Coronation Street (4) 4. Longest-running emergency medical drama TV series (8)

5. Chinese dynasty from 960 to 1279 which preceded the Yuan dynasty (4)

6. Sarong-like garment worn by women in East Africa (5)

8. Type of face veil worn by Muslim women (7)

12. “There is no charm __ to tenderness of heart”: Jane Austen (5)

14. American family who built their wealth from shipping and railroads (10)

16. Craftsman who works with tanned leather (7)

17. Word meaning ‘becoming popular on social media’ (8)

21. The last six lines of a sonnet following the octet (6)

22. Mountain range which stretches 2500km through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia (5)

24. Name given to an Australopithecene skeleton found in the Great Rift Valley, the world’s most famous hominid fossil (4)

25. More common term used for an e-cigarette (4)