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Here is a gentle general knowledge crossword. If you prefer to use the interactive version, you should click on this LINK which will take you to the page provided by the Crossword Compiler facility.

Across

 1  Plant of the maple genus (4)

3  United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (3,5)

9  A former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England (7)

10  System for writing Japanese using adapted Chinese characters (5)

11  Joined together into a whole (5)

12  An encroachment or intrusion (6)

14  Minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium (6)

16  India’s most populous city; has the only natural deep-water harbour in western India (6)

19  Interjection descriptive of violent impact (6)

21  Subdued (5)

24  An inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA (5)

25  One of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of draughts (7)

26  A rigid magnetic item mounted permanently in a drive unit (4,4)

27  Either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century (4)

Down

1  Principal enemies (4-4)

2  Television trophies corresponding to the Oscars (5)

4  Animals similar to giraffes but smaller with much shorter necks and stripes on the legs (6)

5  The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal (5)

6 A syllabic script used in Greece in the 13th century B.C. (6,1)

7 Shakespeare’s fist (4)

8  Fifth working day (6)

13  Skin infection in which pus is formed (8)

15  Title of respect often added to the names of officers or officials (7)

17  A purplish dye obtained from lichens (6)

18  In the Bible the name of a woman famous for good works (6)

20  Being or made softer or less loud or clear (5)

22  An injury to living tissue (5)

23  German baroque organist and contrapuntist who composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of Western music (1685-1750) (4)

Here is last week’s solution, the animal you probably ‘spotted’ was a dog who was hiding eight times in the solutions:

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