GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 ____ Cornwell, U.S. crime writer who created medical examiner Kay Scarpetta (8) 9 Western U.S. state that was incorporated into the country in 1859 (6) 10 The ____ , comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan set in an imaginary Japanese town (6) 11 A powerful breed of Norwegian dog with a thick grey coat and a tightly curled tail (8) 12 Alphabet used in the Russian language (8) 13 Fictional comic book hero played by U.S. actor Paul Rudd in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (3-3) 14 Chandler ____, character played by Matthew Perry in the TV sitcom Friends (4) 16 A hobo or vagrant (5) 17 River that is nicknamed ‘the father of African rivers’ (4) 18 Red Square and Lenin’s Mausoleum are in this capital city (6) 20 An unemotional person who appears unfriendly or unsympathetic (4,4) 23 A commotion or fuss (8) 24 A patch or plot of willow trees (6) 25 A device or piece of wire that receives TV or radio signals and is often attached to a car or building (6) 26 The largest part of a country, contrasted with the islands around it (8)

DOWN

1 The Swiss ____ Robinson, 1812 novel by Johann David Wyss (6) 2 ____ Bad, neo-western TV crime drama series starring Bryan Cranston as Walter White (8) 3 An informal term for a group of people meeting to play card games, usually for money (6) 4 Song by ABBA that was their seventh UK No 1 hit in 1978 (4,1,6,2,2) 5 A place where volunteers, often from religious organisations, take part in community projects (4,4) 6 An instance of shutting down and starting again a computer system (6) 7 The Lost Gardens of Heligan are in this English county (8) 15 A worshipper of images (8) 16 A large building in the UK used by a council often as its main office (4,4) 17 Basic or not elaborate, used sometimes to describe low cost airlines (2-6) 19 Kieran ____, U.S. actor who plays Roman Roy in TV drama series Succession (6) 21 Hugo ____, Tottenham Hotspur FC goalkeeper who captained France to World Cup victory in 2018 (6) 22 Mr ____ , egg-eating Mr Men character with a red square body who first appeared in 1976 (6) SOLUTION TOMORROW