GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 To seek out and expose scandal concerning public figures (8) 5 Primal ____, Scottish alternative rock band formed in 1982 whose lead vocalist is Bobby Gillespie (6) 10 Extremely large statues (7) 11 Industrial town and cargo
port in Cheshire (7) 12 An improvised or unplanned
comment (2,3) 13 Brave or daring (9) 14 Designation for Wales created in 1216 at the Council of Aberdyfi (12) 18 John ____, Conservative exEnvironment Secretary who chairs the UK Independent Committee on Climate Change (6,6) 21 A piece of hospital equipment that helps weak or small babies to survive (9) 23 A strong, pleasant smell (5) 24 The duration of a particular item or programme on radio or TV (7) 25 Having a wavelike motion or
form (7) 26 ____ merchant, one who deals in wood for use as a building material (6) 27 A colourless, odourless gas whose name derives from the Greek for ‘water forming’ (8)
DOWN
1 Fulton ____, Scottish actor who played the main prison officer in the TV sitcom Porridge (6) 2 In a quiet or composed
way (6) 3 A bramble fruit of the genus Rubus, often used in jams and jellies (9) 4 British actress who played Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (5,9) 6 ___ section, curve made by intersection of a roundbased solid figure by a plane (5) 7 Concerned with preserving
the environment (8) 8 Visual memory or
imagination (5,3) 9 Lead singer of Queen played by Rami Malek in the 2018 biopic fim Bohemian Rhapsody (7,7) 15 ____ the Great, king of ancient Macedonia who overthrew the Persian empire (9) 16 One with a desire to achieve
a particular job or title (8) 17 An implement for plucking a
string on a guitar (8) 19 A sharp bend in a road or
path (6) 20 One who gives financial support to a person, organisation or cause (6) 22 ____ Wars, 2009 romantic black comedy film starring Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson (5)
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