GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
6 A Middle East sweetmeat containing sesame seeds, honey, nuts and saffron (5) 7 A set of symbols representing the individual phonetic units of a language (8) 10 Seaside town in Cornwall that hosts the Boardmasters Festival (7) 11 A shot in film or TV that interrupts the main action (7) 12 One who behaves ostentatiously to win attention or admiration (4-3) 13 Wilhelm, first winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901 (7) 14 An excursion to a destination which remains secret until the journey’s end (7,4) 19 Lego bricks originated in this country (7) 21 French daily newspaper founded in 1944 (2,5) 23 Jackie, English centre forward and Newcastle United FC’s second highest all-time goalscorer (7) 25 The cardinal flower or bog sage is a perennial type of this bedding plant (7) 26 Large butterflies with orange and black wings (8) 27 Screaming Lord _ _ _ _ _ , founder and long-time leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party (5)
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1 A beetle of which the female emits a shining green light from the extremity of its abdomen (4-4) 2 Enrico, Italian operatic tenor born in 1873 (6) 3 Queen consort of King George V and mother to Edward VIII and George VI (4,2,4) 4 ____ fail, informal term used online for a total disaster (4) 5 Snowy owl kept by Harry Potter (6) 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ broker, impartial mediator in a dispute (6) 8 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Banderas, Spanish actor who voiced the title character in the 2011 film Puss In Boots (7) 9 Ed, Irish stand-up comedian and frequent panellist on the TV show Mock The Week (5) 13 A sequence of five cards of the same suit headed by the ace in poker (5,5) 15 Technical name for the shoulder blade (7) 16 Locks of hair hanging in corkscrew-shaped curls (8) 17 Amy, U.S. actress who has starred in The Muppets (2011) and Big Eyes (2014) (5) 18 An angel of the highest of the nine orders (6) 20 Jesy, ex-Little Mix member who fronted the 2019 documentary Odd One Out (6) 22 Oti, South African professional dancer who won Strictly in 2019 and 2020 (6) 24 _ _ _ _ Hewer, Countdown presenter and former adviser on The Apprentice (4)
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