General knowledge crossword

ACROSS

1 Buttons were added to what to discourage Prussian soldiers from wiping their nose on them? (5) 4 Queen Victoria asked for the word “Bravery” on the Victoria Cross to be changed to what? (6) 9 During the Middle Ages, what pungent gas was obtained by heating oxen horns? (7) 10 Which American poet had first names Thomas Stearns? (5) 11 What sit in rowlocks? (4) 12 What animal faces a lion on the UK’s coat of arms? (7) 13 Michael Jackson sang about which rat in a 1972 hit song? (3) 14 What inflammatory disease involving the skin’s sebaceous glands is characterised by pustules? (4) 16 Which element has the symbol Fe? (4) 18 What describes radio waves of frequency 30 MHz to 300 MHz? (1,1,1) 20 Astronomically, what is the opposite of apogee? (7) 21 Who was wife of Zeus? (4) 24 Which country has the most people? (5) 25 What cheese is named after a Cambridgeshire village, although it has never been made there? (7) 26/27 Who is Canadian singer Eileen Edwards better known as? (6,5)

DOWN

1 What wax stick is used for drawing? (6) 2 Which bone is the body’s longest? (5) 3 Which electronics company began in a bombed-out department store in Tokyo in 1946? (4) 5 What appetite-stimulating drink might be drunk before a meal? (8) 6 Which river is Venezuela’s longest? (7) 7 Which part of the eye corresponds to the film in a camera? (6) 8 What style of cooking comes from southern Louisiana? (5) 13 Which Libyan port was formerly joint capital with Tripoli? (8) 15 Mount Cinto is the highest peak on which Mediterranean island? (7) 17 Silk and what else from China were carried on the ancient route the Silk Road? (6) 18 What name is given to the left-hand page of an open book? (5) 19 What in tea stains teacups? (6) 22 What is a person engaged to fill out a crowd scene in a film or play? (5) 23 Which car manufacturer had models Tipo, Uno, Punto and Dino? (4)