GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A painting or photograph of

a maritime scene (8) 5 Inactivity or a state of

motionless equilibrium (6) 10 A small flute (7) 11 Selfishness or

boastfulness (7) 12 Ken, Welsh rugby union hooker who made his international debut in 2011 (5) 13 Region of Spain whose

capital is Barcelona (9) 14 Thomas, English portrait and landscape painter born in 1727 noted for The Blue Boy (12) 18 An infectious bacterial disease characterised by the growth of nodules in lung tissues (12) 21 A lie detector that records

physiological reactions such as pulse rate (9) 23 King George V’s horse that collided with suffragette Emily Davison at the 1913 Epsom Derby (5) 24 A highly toxic compound

used as a poison (7) 25 The fifteenth letter of

the Greek alphabet (7) 26 A reindeer of

Santa Claus (6) 27 A mammal without incisor or canine teeth, such as an armadillo (8)

DOWN

1 A tube used to convey liquid

between levels (6) 2 Jofra, English right arm fast bowler born in Barbados who made his Test debut in 2019 (6) 3 Either of the two fine, perpendicular lines that cross in the focal plane of a gunsight (9) 4 A structure framing the opening between the stage and auditorium in a theatre (10,4) 6 ____ farm, an organised group whose members seek to disrupt an online community (5) 7 A feudal lord in France (8) 8 ____ card, one expressing condolence on a bereavement (8) 9 Former Labour MP who served as the first female Speaker in the House of Commons (5,9) 15 The action of destroying something or state of being destroyed (9) 16 Tom, Czech-born British playwright whose play Leopoldstadt premiered in 2020 (8) 17 Tapering pillars of stone with a pyramidal apex, set up as monuments or landmarks (8) 19 The former name of the

Turkish city of Izmir (6) 20 U.S. singer/songwriter noted for his album Sign O’ The Times released in 1987 (6) 22 A particular style or

category of a work of art or literature (5)