GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 A long, thin loaf of
French bread (8) 9 A novice or new recruit (6) 10 ____ Rose, comedy actress who hosts TV dating show Secret Crush that began in 2021 (6) 11 A long-handled item
used for moving manure in a stable (4,4) 12 ____ Bill, a narrow promontory and the southernmost point of Dorset (8) 13 Clownfish voiced by U.S. actor Albert Brooks in the 2003 animated film Finding Nemo (6) 14 Stage musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Elton John based on a Verdi opera (4) 16 A punctuation mark consisting of two dots, one placed above the other (5) 17 A drag for conveying goods,
especially on snow (4) 18 John ____ , Australian-British judge on TV’s MasterChef and Celebrity MasterChef (6) 20 To annul or terminate e.g. a
partnership or marriage (8) 23 A small beetle with a domed back, typically red with black spots, that predates on aphids (8) 24 A centre of spiritual power
in the body in yoga (6) 25 An imperfect article, not accepted for normal sale and often offered for sale at a discount (6) 26 Swiss city on the north shore of Lake Geneva in the Frenchspeaking region of Vaud (8)
DOWN
1 A summerhouse
or belvedere (6) 2 One’s ____ , expression meaning ‘what appeals to one’ (3,2,3) 3 City in Canada that contains the Canadian War Museum (6) 4 Traditional English nursery rhyme in which the cow jumped over the moon (3,6,6) 5 Another term for the lead member of a musical group, usually the singer (5,3) 6 One who makes or mends
the top part of a building (6) 7 A severe headache that is often associated with nausea (8) 15 A worshipper of images (8) 16 The ____ , a range of rolling hills straddling the EnglandScotland border (8) 17 A person who hides in a ship, often to escape by stealth from a country (8) 19 A colourless, odourless gas discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1774 (6) 21 A triangular bone that forms the keystone of the pelvic arch in humans (6) 22 Raphaël ____ , French central defender who joined Manchester United from Real Madrid in 2021 (6)