GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN
ACROSS
6 A gangster or one who engages in crime and violence (7) 7 A bottomless chasm (5) 9 A small group adopting religious beliefs or practices seen by most as strange or sinister (4) 10 A musical note that is called a
sixteenth note in the U.S. (10) 11 Munitions or artillery (8) 13 ____ Hepburn, actress who played socialite Holly Golightly in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s (6) 15 The rough water left
behind by a boat (4) 17 ____ Jerry, English rock group whose signature song was In the Summertime released in 1970 (5) 18 A light touch or slight contact of one ball with another in snooker (4) 19 You’ve Been ____! , TV series featuring home movie footage narrated by comedian Harry Hill (6) 20 Places where hot drinks and other afternoon refreshments are served (3,5) 23 Travel by air in a cabin or basket beneath a large air-filled bag (10) 26 Hatha and ashtanga are among types of this system of exercises (4) 27 A heavy iron block on which hot metals are beaten into shape (5) 28 ____ band, a restriction put round the upper part of the stomach to reduce its capacity for food (7)
DOWN
1 Sheriff of ____ , traditionally the principal enemy of Robin Hood (10) 2 ____ Hargreaves, British climber who scaled Mount Everest alone without supplementary oxygen in 1995 (6) 3 A leader of prayer in
a mosque (4) 4 Manny, Filipino former boxer who was world champion in eight different weight divisions (8) 5 Constellation in the northern sky that contains the star Vega (4) 6 Karen, Venezuelan dancer who joined Strictly Come Dancing in 2012 (5) 8 Dan, English actor who played Matthew Crawley in TV drama series Downton Abbey (7) 12 Max, German surrealist who was married to U.S. art collector Peggy Guggenheim (5) 14 Grand Old ____ , character in the children’s nursery rhyme who took his men up and down a hill (4,2,4) 16 ____ Lima, Brazilian model and actress born in 1981 noted as one of Victoria’s Secret Angels (7) 17 Debut song by English pop rock band Tears For Fears released in 1982 (3,5) 21 Month in which the Glorious Twelfth, the start of the grouse shooting season, occurs (6) 22 Orlando ___ , NBA basketball
team in Florida (5) 24 Judi, British stand-up comedian and panellist on lunchtime TV chat show Loose Women (4) 25 Danny, English striker who joined Aston Villa FC from Southampton in 2021 (4)