GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 With extreme wariness (8) 5 Company specialising in online money transfers that was founded in the U.S. in 1998 (6) 10 To coerce someone into
doing something (7) 11 Green with grass or other
lush vegetation (7) 12 A musical drama such as
Britten’s Peter Grimes (5) 13 A female rower (9) 14 Protagonist of
The Hobbit (5,7) 18 A book or set of books giving information on many subjects (12) 21 Expression meaning ‘to delay making a decision until the following day’ (5,2,2) 23 The ____ Of Dibley, TV sitcom starring Dawn French (5) 24 Brazilian striker who won the Golden Boot at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (7) 25 Professional baseball team in New York City, established in 1901 (7) 26 Market town in
central Gloucestershire (6) 27 Fictional comic book hero played on screen by Christopher Reeve and Henry Cavill (8)
DOWN
1 ____ bible, one
traditionally placed in hotel rooms (6) 2 To make tidy or
put in order (6) 3 A person who is obsessively self-centred (9) 4 Vice president of the United States under John F. Kennedy (6,1,7) 6 A missile that is shot
from a bow (5) 7 Adams ____, apple variety also known as the Norfolk Pippin (8) 8 One who played an old stringed instrument that is shaped like half a pear (8) 9 ____ Take, song by The Police that was their fifth UK No. 1 in 1983 (5,6,3) 15 A real or imagined cause
for complaint (9) 16 Finales to feasts (8) 17 A person whose job is to search airport luggage for dangerous items (8) 19 The ____ , painting by
Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (6) 20 Barlinnie in Scotland
is a noted one (6) 22 A type of rice cooked
in stock with spices (5)
SOLUTION TOMORROW