GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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Folklore character based on a real-life medieval merchant and politician who was four times Lord Mayor of London (4,11)

10. Third son of King David who rebelled against his father and was killed at the Battle of EphraimWood (7)

12. Fruit sold by Nell Gwyn to audiences at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1664 (7)

13. New Zealand city with the suburbs Morningside, Tikipunga and Onerahi (9)

14. The __, 87-storey, 306m high London skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano (5)

15. American city located between Puget Sound and LakeWashington (7)

18. Largest and most populated island in Denmark and the site of Copenhagen (7)

21. English actor born 1925, remembered for his starring role as Fagin in Lionel Bart’s stage and film musical Oliver! (5)

23. Cocktail made from whisky, vermouth and bitters, garnished with a maraschino cherry (9)

25. 2009 novel by American author Kathryn Stockett, released as a film in 2011 (3,4)

26. Eurasian deciduous tree (Ulmus glabra) often planted for shade (4,3)

29. 1905 children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1,6,8)

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1. Lilac-haired Australian ‘Dame’ (4)

2. Abbreviated title of the fifth book of the New Testament (4)

3. First in a series of four vampire-themed fantasy novels by Stephenie Meyer (8)

4. German film composer whose works include the scores to The Lion King, The Dark Knight and Inception (6)

5. Swiss resort town, host of the 1924 and 1948 Winter Olympics (2,6)

6. The _ __: 1979 cult-classic movie starring Peter Falk and Alan Arkin (2-4)

7. Marks on the hands, wrists and feet resembling the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ (8)

8. “There is an idea of democracy produced by _ _ thinking”: Omar Bongo (3-5)

11. 17th Century German theologian whose first book, Aurora, caused great scandal (5)

15. Tiger subspecies near extinction (8)

16. Loss of hair (8)

17. Partner of John Steed in the 1960s TV series The Avengers, played by Diana Rigg (4,4)

19. Breed of chicken originating from Chile, known for laying blue eggs (8)

20. Only member of the One Direction group from the Republic of Ireland (5)

22. __ Williams, first woman to win Olympic gold for New Zealand (6)

24. US airport serving the New York metropolitan area, opened 1928 (6)

27. “The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new __”: Marcel Proust (4)

28. 1985 film starring Cher based on the life of Roy L. ‘Rocky’ Dennis, who suffered from craniodiaphyseal dysplasia (4)