GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 ____ Karaoke, TV segment created by James Corden in which he invites guests to sing while he drives (7) 7 English singer/songwriter who released her fourth studio album 30 in 2021 (5) 9 A growth with a liquid

secretion under the skin (4) 10 Port city in Egypt noted for its lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (10) 11 Part of a spa in which the waters from a mineral spring are drunk (4,4) 13 ____ Blue Vinny, a crumbly English cheese veined with blue (6) 15 A long narrow tongue of land or sand running into the sea (4) 17 A female fox (5) 18 Call of ____ , video game franchise that first appeared in 2003 (4) 19 Conforming to Islamic

dietary laws (6) 20 Ralf, German coach appointed interim manager of Manchester United FC in 2021 (8) 23 A warning of danger that turns out to be unnecessary (5,5) 26 Lose one’s ____ , phrase

meaning ‘to grow angry’ (4) 27 Pseudonym of the Belgian cartoonist who created Tintin (5) 28 Donovan, Jamaican-born Canadian former heavyweight boxer who was nicknamed Razor (7)

DOWN

1 Conservative politician who was appointed Home Secretary in 2019 (5,5) 2 Food that is the covering for

a traditional fish pie (6) 3 The mineral lazulite has this

primary colour (4) 4 Diana, U.S. author noted for her Outlander series of novels (8) 5 A dull, silvery-grey metal that can be recycled from scrap batteries and pipes (4) 6 A large aquatic rodent native to South America that is similar in size to a beaver (5) 8 Distinguished or exalted

in rank (7) 12 A soft drink for adding to an

alcoholic one (5) 14 Little Red ____ , fairy tale about a young girl and a big, bad wolf (6,4) 16 A king of ancient Egypt (7) 17 An inhabitant of a small settlement in the countryside (8) 21 Itinerant people

or wanderers (6) 22 A slang term for a prison (5) 24 A long wrapping garment of cloth or silk, usually bright in colour, worn by Hindu women (4) 25 A measure of land area (4)