GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Pipe carrying gas out of a car’s engine (7) 7 Financial examination (5) 9 Seaside resort in North Wales (4) 10 NASA’s second space shuttle orbiter (10) 11 David, Tony Blair’s first Education Secretary (8) 13 Gary, Take That’s lead vocalist (6) 15 18th or 19th-century British party member supporting popular rights (4) 17 Young female horse (5) 18 School founded by Henry VI in 1440 (4) 19 Rimmed depression in the moon’s surface (6) 20 Pharaoh’s official served by Joseph (8) 23 Highest mountain of mainland Australia (10) 26 ___ Jones, Detectorists actor (4) 27 Jo, Norwegian thriller writer (5) 28 Lillie, actress and socialite linked with Edward VII (7)

DOWN

1 Carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 (1,4,5) 2 Deltoid is an example of this body part (6) 3 Covered colonnade in ancient Greece (4) 4 Body of water overlooked by Cape Town (5,3) 5 ___ Gardens, cricket ground in Kolkata (4) 6 ____ Merman, U.S. actress and singer (5) 8 18th-century Italian rococo painter (7) 12 Spring flower with oval or pointed petals (5) 14 1986 Christmas UK No 1 by Jackie Wilson (4,6) 16 Long pointed weapon used in hunting whales (7) 17 Sir Alex, Manchester United’s manager 1986-2013 (8) 21 Willie, snooker player dubbed Mr Maximum (6) 22 ____ Road, Beatles album released in 1969 (5) 24 Johnny, Ring Of Fire singer (4) 25 Last letter in the NATO alphabet (4)