GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 A small, nocturnal treedwelling African primate with large eyes (8) 5 Sweep under the ____ , expression meaning ‘to hide unpleasant facts’ (6) 10 A solvent used in nail polish
and paint removers (7) 11 A unit of magnetic field strength, named after a Danish physicist (7) 12 So ____ Crew, British garage and hip hop collective that was formed in 1998 (5) 13 A medium large breed of domestic dog whose name derives from a German tax collector (9) 14 Jeff Tracy and Lady Penelope were among characters in this 1960s TV puppet series (12) 18 A viscous liquid obtained from plants that is used in cooking (9,3) 21 Fictional English heavy metal band whose original name was The Thamesmen (6,3) 23 ____ consultant, one who offers professional advice on branding and style (5) 24 An opening or hole,
especially in the body (7) 25 Surrey town that is the birthplace of actress Caroline Quentin (7) 26 One run scored by a
batting player in cricket (6) 27 A public meeting in which amateur riders compete in various equestrian sports (8)
DOWN
1 To stew slowly in
a closed pan (6) 2 Isobel, English actress who plays Liv Flaherty in Emmerdale (6) 3 Describing eyes that
look red or pink (9) 4 ____ pudding, traditional British baked dessert layered with dried fruit and sugar (5,3,6) 6 A frame on which
clothes are dried (5) 7 ____ Islands, the only British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean (8) 8 An inclination to keep things
or one’s appearance neat (8) 9 A legal defence that prevents a person from being tried twice for the same offence (6,8) 15 The jurisdiction of a land steward or, more generally, someone’s area of interest (9) 16 Excuses or attempts to escape
the point of an argument (8) 17 The firing system of an internal combustion engine, such as in a conventional motor vehicle (8) 19 ____ Canal, artificial waterway in Central America that was completed in 1914 (6) 20 Mother ____ , the Roman Catholic missionary who was awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize (6) 22 ____ Sharon, Israeli general and politician who served as his country’s eleventh prime minister (5)
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