GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 A sieve or device for filtering (8) 9 In a naked state (6) 10 Jonathan Creek actor and long-time QI panellist (4,6) 11 William, Swiss folk hero and expert shot with the

crossbow (4) 12 Type of printing in which electromagnetically

controlled spouts of fluid recreate a digital image (6) 14 Bernie Taupin is a noted one in collaboration with Elton John (8) 15 Foolish (7) 17 Kyran, Ireland-born former Rugby Union scrum half for Saracens and England (7) 20 The Queen’s eldest great-grandchild, older daughter

of Peter and Autumn Phillips (8) 22 Australian city noted for its opera house with white

sail-shaped shells for a roof (6) 24 Rock of ___ , jukebox musical featuring Eighties

rock songs (4) 25 A cocktail of vodka and spiced tomato juice (6,4) 27 Steve, Foxcatcher actor (6) 28 Tending to deceive by unreal prospects (8)

DOWN

1 Joseph, Soviet premier 1941-53 (6) 2 The least powerful piece in chess (4) 3 To detach or release (8) 4 Louis, French educator who produced a system of writing used by the blind (7) 5 Term for a member of a light cavalry regiment, originally used in Hungary in the 15th century (6) 6 Technical term in its undiluted form for vinegar (6,4) 7 Belinda, U.S. singer noted for her 1987 UK No 1 hit Heaven Is A Place On Earth (8) 13 English writer who appears on the back of the Bank of England’s £10 note issued in 2017 (4,6) 16 Port city on the East China Sea coast and China’s most populous city (8) 18 Gavin, lead vocalist of rock band Bush, former The Voice UK coach (8) 19 Describing a long-lasting or long continued illness (7) 21 To tamper with a horse or greyhound to prevent it

from winning a race, e.g. by giving it a drug (6) 23 The Comedy of ___ , an early Shakespeare play (6) 26 A place for eating together in the armed forces (4)