GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

6 Sergey ____, Ukrainian former pole vaulter whose world record lasted from 1994 to 2020 (5) 7 A type of whale with long pectoral fins and knobbly head, noted for its noises (8) 10 Hillary ____, U.S. politician who lost to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election (7) 11 A vertical bar between the panes of a window or screen (7) 12 To give the appearance of movement to images of still drawings on screen (7) 13 One of three people or

animals born at a birth (7) 14 District of west London that holds an annual carnival begun in 1966, including calypso music (7,4) 19 ____ Lane, site of a bakery where the Great Fire of London began in 1666 (7) 21 Italian city where the poet and moral philosopher Dante died and is buried (7) 23 A coin that was worth one hundredth of an old French franc (7) 25 Expression meaning ‘unable to function’, sometimes because of excessive drink (3,2,2) 26 Nicholas ____, English goldsmith born in 1547 noted for his portrait miniatures of Elizabeth I’s court (8) 27 The first cervical vertebra

supporting the skull (5)

DOWN

1 A dark volcanic glass formed

by the solidification of lava (8) 2 ____ Kent, adoptive mother of fictional comic book superhero Superman (6) 3 A child substituted for another, especially one left by fairies (10) 4 A prayer leader in

a mosque (4) 5 Anthony ____, Scottish snooker player who eliminated Ronnie O’Sullivan in the 2021 world championships (6) 6 John ____, Scottish novelist who created the hero Richard Hannay (6) 8 A cocktail of prosecco

and peach puree (7) 9 ____ Dobson, English actress who played Angie Watts in EastEnders (5) 13 Tiger____ , U.S. golfer born in 1975 who has won the British Open three times (5,5) 15 ____ Pursuit, board game

whose editions include Genus and Ruby (7) 16 The disposal of waste by

burying it in the ground (8) 17 Mr ____, half-Vulcan in Star Trek: The Original Series played by Leonard Nimoy (5) 18 Prickly plant that grows in

desert regions of America (6) 20 ____ Minogue, younger sister

of Kylie and a former judge on The X Factor (6) 22 Informal term for tax

officialdom in the UK (6) 24 A hard, mild Dutch cheese

with a red rind (4) SOLUTION ON MONDAY