GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 Another name for a
bedspread or quilt (8) 9 U.S. city that is the seat of the University of Arizona founded in 1885 (6) 10 ____ Biles, U.S. gymnast who won four gold medals at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics (6) 11 A lateral branch projecting
from the main part of a material thing (8) 12 Ruth ____ , politician who led the Conservatives in Scotland from 2011 to 2019 (8) 13 The second largest moon of
the planet Uranus (6) 14 An unsuitable or superfluous animal eliminated from a flock or herd (4) 16 A member of a wandering
pastoral community (5) 17 ____ and means committee, a government body in some countries for reviewing budgets (4) 18 Sign of the zodiac that
includes leap year day (6) 20 Articles or implements that can be employed in a household (8) 23 Command module on
the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969 (8) 24 A small, spiny-finned fish that
frequents British coasts (6) 25 Paul ____, presenter of TV programme Flog It! in which goods are auctioned (6) 26 A traditional French
hors d’oeuvre of mixed raw vegetables (8)
DOWN
1 ____ Geller, character played by Courteney Cox in the TV sitcom Friends (6) 2 ____ Day, U.S. public holiday on the last Monday in May for honouring military personnel (8) 3 A tool with gripping jaws for bending and cutting wire or turning small objects (6) 4 UK organisation dedicated to the teaching and practice of first aid founded in 1887 (2,4,9) 5 Market town that is the birthplace of Izaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler (8) 6 Nanny ____ , 2005 comedy fantasy film starring Emma Thompson (6) 7 Board game with four corner squares including Free Parking and Go To Jail (8) 15 Having a sound of the
same pitch (8) 16 Part of a horse’s
bridle attached to the cheek straps (8) 17 ____ Lane, fictional street on which the TV comedy drama Desperate Housewives is set (8) 19 Another name for a shire or portion of land separated for administrative purposes (6) 21 A soft, silvery metallic element discovered in 1843 and named after a Swedish village (6) 22 Justin ____ , Australian former left-handed batsman appointed coach of the national team in 2018 (6)