GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

6 ____ Marquez, professional dancer who joined Strictly Come Dancing in 2016 (5)

7 Mobile air defence missile system developed by Israel that began service in 2011 (4,4)

10 Region of the north central U.S. around the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley (7)

11 Small principality in the Pyrenees mountain range between France and Spain (7)

12 A German prince who was entitled to take part in choosing the Holy Roman Emperor (7)

13 Robert, Scottish actor who played Gaz Schofield in the 1997 film comedy The Full Monty (7)

14 Competitors such as British brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlee (11)

19 ____ Ribeiro, U.S. actor who played Carlton Banks in The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (7)

21 Market town in Lancashire where sugar magnate Henry Tate was born (7) 23 A hand-held batteryoperated device for playing computer games (4,3)

25 Girl’s name meaning ‘God beholds’ that is the title of Top Gear’s theme tune (7) 26 Having a hypersensitivity

to a substance (8)

27 The Greek muse of

love poetry (5)

DOWN

1 An inclined part of

a road or railway (8)

2 ____ leather, type with a glossy, varnished surface, used for shoes, belts and handbags (6)

3 Byname of Jacopo Robusti, 16th-century Italian painter of the Venetian school (10)

4 Protein derived from the beans of an Asian plant, used to replace animal protein (4)

5 Actor who plays Assane Diop

in TV thriller series Lupin (4,2)

6 Gin cocktail featuring only the

base spirit and lime juice (6)

8 Denis, French philosopher who served as chief editor of the Encyclopedie (7)

9 Emma, football manager who has led Chelsea to five Women’s Super League titles (5)

13 English pirate who operated in the Caribbean in the early 18th century (6,4)

15 Shameful in character

or purpose (7)

16 Ed, U.S. TV personality noted for his long-running TV variety show (8)

17 Jennifer, U.S. singer noted

for her 1998 hit Crush (5)

18 ____ de Bergerac, soldier and poet in the play by poet Edmond Rostand (6)

20 We Are ____, song by Sister

Sledge released in 1979 (6)

22 Edible bivalve mollusc whose types include the Native and the Pacific (6)

24 The Cobra and The Crane are among the poses in this form of discipline (4)