General knowledge crossword

ACROSS

1 Who is praised in French in a 1965 Beatles song? (8)

7 What is a block of cast metal? (5)

8 Who was driving a Porsche Spyder when he was killed in 1955? (5,4)

9 What is the area of calm at the centre of a tornado? (3)

10 What is one revolution of an aircraft about its longitudinal axis? (4)

11 What were Jack and Jill, Dandy and Eagle? (6)

13 What is the capital of Zambia? (6)

14 Who composed variations on the tune to “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”? (6)

17 What is perceiving a new situation as if it had occurred before? (4,2)

18 What animal is associated with innocence? (4)

20 What is the seventh letter in the Greek alphabet? (3)

22 Who was the first author to submit a typewritten book manuscript? (4,5)

23 What words encourage a horse to go faster? (3,2)

24 What describes an animal marked with white and any colour except black? (8)

DOWN

1 What officer is immediately junior to a lieutenant colonel? (5)

2 What kind of cloud consists of rounded heaps with a darker horizontal base? (7)

3 To which direction does the Earth rotate? (4)

4 What is to remain hidden, quiet? (3,3)

5 What was Mother Teresa’s given name? (5) 6 A series of treaties in 1713-14 were concluded in which city in the Netherlands? (7)

7 What is a narrow-edged cutting tooth? (7)

12 Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards represented Britain in which Olympic event? (3,4)

13 What is a medicated tablet dissolved in the mouth? (7) 15 Alphabetically, which is the first US state? (7)

16 Which Czech composed the symphony “From the New World”? (6)

17 What does a Phoenix dactylifera bear? (5)

19 What is another word for “filleted”? (5)

21 What is to cook by long, slow simmering? (4)