GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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Which town in France was the seat of the collaborationist government under Marshal Pétain during World War II? (5)

8 What, representing War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death, are associated with the Apocalypse? (8)

9 What are the compartments of a honeycomb? (5)

10 What is a group of atoms bonded together? (8)

11 Encephalitis is inflammation of the what? (5)

14 A mineral spring (3)

16 What acid-tasting fruit would you pick from a Cydonia oblonga? (6)

17 In a children’s story, which boy thought he could hear the train talk? (6)

18 What is a soft or fuzzy surface texture? (3)

20 What tooth grinds food? (5)

24 What birds feature in an old song with Capistrano in its title? (8)

25 “Aquiline” is like a what? (5)

26 Which TV series received a record 26 Emmy nominations for its first year, 1994? (1,1,1,1,4)

27 The juice of what can be used to treat insect and scorpion bites? (5)

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What is your pollex? (5)

In Scandinavian folklore, what supernatural creature dwells in caves or mountains? (5)

3 Pilgrimage to where is required of all Muslims who can afford to go? (5)

4 What is a loose fold of skin hanging beneath the throat of a cow? (6)

6 England’s Charles I offered his cook DeMirco money to keep the recipe of what secret? (3,5)

7 Which capital city has a Jean Sibelius Monument and the Uspensky Cathedral? (8) 12 What is a motorway in Germany? (8)

13 What is a design incised or engraved into a surface such as in a signet ring? (8)

14 What is the monetary unit of Indonesia? (3)

15 What is another name for the Egyptian cobra? (3)

19 Which song did Irving Berlin present to his wife as a wedding gift in 1926? (6)

21 On what piece of glass is an object mounted for examination under a microscope? (5)

22 Furunculosis produces what painful things on the skin? (5)

23 Which genus includes the Michaelmas daisy? (5)