GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pike, British actress who played Amy Dunne in the 2014 thriller Gone Girl (8) 5 To play sound or video on a computer in real time as it is downloaded from the internet (6) 10 A small iceberg (7) 11 Another staging of a sporting contest (7) 12 A complete series of holes in golf (5) 13 Starting the engine of a vehicle, usually illegally, without a key (3-6) 14 British-US sculptor of the work St Michael’s Victory Over The Devil At Coventry Cathedral (5,7) 18 An expression meaning ‘by foot’ (2,7,3) 21 A shrub whose berries traditionally supply the pigment ‘sap green’ (9) 23 To escape or avoid by cunning (5) 24 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Theatre, largest of the auditoriums in London’s National Theatre (7) 25 Football team nicknamed the Royals whose home ground is the Madejski Stadium (7) 26 Henri _ _ _ _ _ _, GermanSwiss confectioner born in 1814 who founded a company producing formula milk (6) 27 A person who judges values of properties or income for taxation (8)

DOWN

1 Richard _ _ _ _ _ _, Italian-born British architect who designed the Millennium Dome in Greenwich (6) 2 A hereditary military governor in Japan before 1867 (6) 3 A film or play that is excessively emotional or sentimental (9) 4 Upland area, in which Rievaulx Abbey is located, that was designated a National Park in 1952 (5,4,5) 6 Times or speeds in music (5) 7 Woven together (8) 8 A dark reddish-brown wood used in furniture making (8) 9 Studio album released by British rock band Dire Straits in 1985 (8,2,4) 15 A handle assumed by one in the acting profession (5,4) 16 An obsolete Spanish gold coin (8) 17 Paranormal mediums or clairvoyants (8) 19 Russell T, Welsh screenwriter whose work includes the TV series Queer As Folk and It’s A Sin (6) 20 Pete _ _ _ _ _ _, US folk singer and social activist whose songs include Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (6) 22 A run of birdsong (5)

SOLUTION TOMORROW