GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across 1.

Predatory insect with large raptorial forelimbs which it raises and folds together (6)

5. Grotesque carving on a building, usually serving as a rainspout (8)

9. Portable, small tabletop used for cooking (3,5)

10. Place of worship for followers of Islam (6)

11. Surname of the author of The Great Gatsby (10)

12. One of the goddesses of the arts in ancient Greece; also a British rock band (4)

13. Plant used in soothing creams for sunburn (4,4)

16. Largest sanctioning body of stock car racing in the USA (6)

17. Early counting device (6)

19. Popular surf destination in New South Wales (5,3)

21. Mountains in western Russia considered the dividing line between Europe and Asia (4)

22. New Zealand town and district named after a ship which sailed into its harbour in 1820 (10)

25. Jackal-headed Egyptian god associated with mummification (6)

26. Apprehension about the future (8)

27. The horse Mark Todd rode to win two Olympic gold medals (8)

28. First name of a British fashion designer and a European beer (6)

Down 2.

Sauce made of garlic, olive oil and egg (5)

3. Silicate mineral that is the birthstone of November (5)

4. A triangle where all sides are of unequal length (7)

5. Argentine revolutionary executed in Bolivia in 1967 (7)

6. The Islamic month of fasting (7)

7. Former American footballer acquitted of the murder of his wife in 1995 (1,1,7)

8. US state on the Gulf of Mexico which was previously a Spanish and French colony (9)

14. Structure in which the Minotaur was a prisoner (9)

15. Legendary sword of King Arthur (9)

18. Inflammation of hair follicles due to ringworm, acne or impetigo (7)

19. Person who makes coffee (7)

20. Name used by 11 Egyptian pharaohs (7)

23. The sister of a sibling’s son (5)

24. Tripod used by artists (5)