GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 Sixth letter of the NATO phonetic
alphabet that is also the name of a ballroom dance (7) 7 Jorn, the Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera House in Australia (5) 9 ____ Barnett, broadcaster who became main presenter on radio show Woman’s Hour in 2021 (4) 10 Sweet, sticky brown liquid that is a traditional topping for pancakes (5,5) 11 Southern U.S. state whose flag is a red field containing a blue-bordered white lozenge (8) 13 Steve, alter ego of comic book
hero Captain America (6) 15 Sparkling white Italian wine that is produced in the region of Piedmont (4) 17 Norah, singer-songwriter whose father was sitarist Ravi Shankar (5) 18 Peter, the Dutch painter noted for his ‘warts and all’ portrait of Oliver Cromwell (4) 19 ____ Kay, English presenter who hosted the TV game show All Star Family Fortunes (6) 20 A straight line that passes through the centre of a circle, with its endpoints on the perimeter (8) 23 Japanese tennis player who lit the cauldron at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony (5,5) 26 Group in the 1960s who were rivals to Rockers and were noted for smart dress and riding motor scooters (4) 27 Liz, Conservative politician who was appointed Foreign Secretary in 2021 (5) 28 To allow oneself to enjoy
the pleasure of (7)
DOWN
1 The act of removing earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground (10) 2 Companion of Athos and Porthos as one of the swashbuckling trio The Three Musketeers (6) 3 Out of ____ , expression that means ‘not in conformity’ (4) 4 António, Portuguese diplomat who became United Nations Secretary-General in 2017 (8) 5 ____ Osbourne, English singer/ songwriter nicknamed Prince Of Darkness (4) 6 Technical name for
the thighbone (5) 8 Position between a vehicle’s gears in which the gears are not connected to the engine (7) 12 General ____ , governing body
of the Church of England (5) 14 Section of promenade in Blackpool between the North and South piers (6,4) 16 James, U.S. actor who played lead roles in four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock (7) 17 Extreme form of patriotic outlook, especially linked to a warlike foreign policy (8) 21 Girl’s name that derives from
the Latin for ‘loveable’ (6) 22 Dog belonging to Frasier’s father Martin in the TV sitcom Frasier (5) 24 Poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published in 1855 and is set in a garden (4) 25 Of a land or climate,
having little or no rain (4)