GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Precious gem found in South Africa in 1905 now in the Crown Jewels (8,7) 9 Marie, Polish-born ballet teacher who founded England’s oldest dance company (7) 10 To grow or to produce buds (7) 11 Timothy, actor who played Winston Churchill in The King’s Speech (5) 12 Spanish region whose capital is Barcelona (9) 13 Member of a society promoting Protestantism in Northern Ireland (9) 15 Hugh, actor who played Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones’s Diary (5) 16 ____ Berry, who won a Best Actress Oscar for Monster’s Ball (5) 18 Type of heavy fuel lubricant (6,3) 20 Quick to accept or take in ideas (9) 23 Adult leader of a group of cub scouts (5) 24 Motor racing team with whom Fernando Alonso won the

F1 drivers’ championship in 2005 and 2006 (7) 25 Hedi, French fashion designer and photographer formerly

at Dior and Yves St Laurent (7) 26 Protection given by another country’s non-conventional

weapons to its allies (7,8)

DOWN

1 Architect who designed St Paul’s Cathedral (11,4) 2 Fast, rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin (7) 3 A dogmatic or uncompromising supporter of a set of beliefs (9) 4 ____ Camera, Scottish new wave band formed in 1980 (5) 5 Female in the past appearing for the first time before the public (9) 6 Related to hearing (5) 7 Collective name for the islands in the Pacific Ocean and its adjacent seas (7) 8 Actor who voices Homer in The Simpsons (3,12) 14 In The Bleak ____ , poem by Christina Rossetti published in 1872 (9) 15 Term for a member of the first regiment of household infantry (9) 17 Brief in speech (7) 19 Mrs _____ , role played by Julie Walters in Acorn Antiques (7) 21 A dried plum (5) 22 Racecourse that first staged the Derby in 1780 (5)

SOLUTION TOMORROW