GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 A small or wretched dwelling-place (5) 7 An animal who feeds on both meats and plants (8) 10 Steven, ex-Liverpool midfielder who was appointed manager of Aston Villa FC in 2021 (7) 11 An excess caused by overeating or overdrinking (7) 12 ____ Hoftstadter, character played by U.S. actor Johnny Galecki in The Big Bang Theory (7) 13 A medicine prescribed for the psychological benefit of a patient rather than to bring about a cure (7) 14 U.S. country singer/ songwriter whose signature song The Gambler was released in 1978 (5,6) 19 A solemn procession, especially for a funeral (7) 21 A term for a person who refuses to face or ignores unpleasant facts (7) 23 Scores in darts when players land their darts in the thin, inner ring of the board (7) 25 A young child who is learning to walk (7) 26 ____ process, old method of mass producing steel from molten pig iron (8) 27 The largest city in Nigeria and its capital until 1991 (5)

DOWN

1 A high place that gives a view of the area below (8) 2 A long-haired domesticated animal of South America, valued for its wool (6) 3 Irish novelist whose books include The Commitments and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (5,5) 4 A burden (4) 5 Kyriakos Mitsotakis became prime minister of this EU state in 2019 (6) 6 To bargain persisently, especially over the cost of something (6) 8 Krystal, winner of TV reality show Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK in 2021 (7) 9 Informal term for a fit of bad temper (5) 13 A point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake (10) 15 The ____ , row of three stacks of chalk off the western end of the Isle of Wight (7) 16 The escape of oil from its container, such as a tanker (8) 17 George C., U.S. actor who won an Oscar for playing the title role in the 1970 war film Patton (5) 18 Puerto Rican teenage gang who rival the Jets in the stage and film musical West Side Story (6) 20 Rachel, Labour politician who was appointed Shadow Chancellor in 2021 (6) 22 Very small or slightly drunk (6) 24 A Japanese form of heavyweight wrestling (4)

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