GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Disorder found in severe cases of alcohol withdrawal (8,7) 9 Thomas C., Commander Allied Naval Forces in the South West Pacific during World War II (7) 10 A type of bunting traditionally eaten as a delicacy (7) 11 Latin abbreviation meaning “the work [already] referred to” (2,3) 12 Fascist leader who ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 (9) 13 A plant of the spurge genus named after an ancient Greek physician (9) 15 Wake Up Little ___ , song recorded by The Everly Brothers in 1957 (5) 16 Jeremy, Die Hard With A Vengeance actor (5) 18 Nationality of long-distance runner Haile Gebrselassie (9) 20 Actions to stop goods or people reaching places by surrounding them, usually with troops or ships (9) 23 Colette, chef voiced by Janeane Garofalo in the 2007 animated film Ratatouille (5) 24 More dangerous (7) 25 Vanished like a species of animal or plant without living members (7) 26 Mandarin played by Nigel Hawthorne in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister (8,7)
DOWN
1 Prince Philip’s primary official title (4,2,9) 2 Protective covering for the front of a camera (4,3) 3 Forces which are defined as ‘equal and opposite’ according to Newton’s Third Law (9) 4 To remove a barrier or obstruction from a river (5) 5 Formal title of the Irish Republic’s prime minister (9) 6 An Italian term for poetic inspiration (5) 7 Long, thin cakes with cream fillings and chocolate icing (7) 8 Term for a hi-tech sector like electronics with promise of future development (7,8) 14 The monkey ___ ___ , another name for the baobab (5,4) 15 Fielding position between second and third base in baseball (9) 17 Small American marsupial, usually arboreal, with a prehensile tail (7) 19 Concentrated or extreme in degree (7) 21 Penelope, The Good Life and To the Manor Born actress (5) 22 Queen of ___ , Arabian ruler who visited King Solomon (5)
SOLUTION TOMORROW