GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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6. Musical coin-operated device, the first was unveiled in San Francisco in 1889 (7)

7. Name of the highest score awarded in judo, karate and kendo (5)

9. Biblical character who, according to Genesis 2:7, was formed from “the dust of the ground” (4)

10. Variation of a time-keeping device, created in 1787 by American inventor Levi Hutchins (5,5)

11. Brothers who were part of England’s winning football team at the 1966 World Cup (8)

13. Scrap glass ready to be re-melted (6)

15. Province of Indonesia on the island of Sumatra (4)

17. Collective name for Greek mythological goddesses Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos (5)

18. Role that made Lucy Lawless famous (4)

19. Region of southern Italy whose capital is Bari (6)

20. National park in California known for its waterfalls and granite cliffs (8)

23. Nickname given to Manchester United’s players in the 1950s, eight of whom died in a 1958 plane crash (5,5)

26. First name of Prussia’s Prince of Bismarck, who brought about German unification in 1871 (4)

27. Overhang at the edge of a roof (5)

28. American multinational petroleum corporation founded in 1879 (7)

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1. Covert law-enforcement agent who helps maintain airline passenger safety (3,7)

2. Type of administrative region of the former Soviet Union (6)

3. Genus of plant native to South Africa, also known as the corn lily (4)

4. Ingenious schemes or devices used to attract attention or publicity (8)

5. Amorphous form of hydrated silica resembling chalcedony, with some varieties prized as gems (4)

6. Fourth son of Jacob and Leah (Book of Genesis) (5)

8. General name for a neutron or a proton (7)

12. ____ Dread, album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released 1974 (5)

14. One of the six countries which founded the EEC in 1957 (10)

16. Nose cone of a space rocket containing the crew (7)

17. Suburb in Auckland also known as Ormiston (8)

21. “Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a ___”: Alice Walker (6)

22. Largest moon of Saturn (5)

24. A group of larks, quail or swans (4)

25. Male deer or antelope (4)