GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 ____ element, a micronutrient in minute amount in the soil or food needed for growth (5) 7 The Old Man of ____ , fell in Cumbria (8) 10 David ____ , U.S. director whose films include Fight Club and Gone Girl (7) 11 Wayne ____ , Canadian former ice hockey player nicknamed The Great One (7) 12 The point at which any condition is most favourable (7) 13 Donald Trump’s private resort, Mar-a-Lago, is in this U.S. state (7) 14 Part of a car engine in which air and petrol are mixed to form burnable vapour (11) 19 Slang word for a term of imprisonment (7) 21 Jerry ____ , 1996 romcom and sports film starring Tom Cruise (7) 23 ____ Rigby, song by The Beatles on their 1966 album Revolver (7) 25 Gothic novel by Daphne du Maurier published in 1938 (7) 26 A measure of computer processor storage and memory (8) 27 The last or perfect stage of an insect’s development (5)
DOWN
1 ____ needle, light bar in a mariner’s compass that always points to the north (8) 2 Chinese-U.S. chef and TV presenter born in 1949 (3,3) 3 A stock character in an old Italian comedy, characterised as a boastful coward (10) 4 A hidden obstacle or drawback (4) 5 A greyhound-like dog with a long silky coat, originally used in Russia for hunting wolves (6) 6 A non-stick material used to coat pans (6) 8 To leave a room or building for a short time (4,3) 9 Signature song by Frank Sinatra released in 1969 (2,3) 13 A collection of stalls selling second-hand goods (4,6) 15 A circular building or hall, often with a dome (7) 16 A light, waterproof garment for wet weather (8) 17 Joey ____ , reality TV star who won the second series of winter sports show The Jump (5) 18 Musical direction meaning ‘in a smooth way’ (6) 20 A slang term for a midshipman (6) 22 A mischievous sprite usually in the form of an old man (6) 24 Seaside resort in the Welsh county of Denbighshire (4)
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