General knowledge crossword

ACROSS

1 In a rhyme, what insect is told to fly away home? (8)

7 A diastema is a gap between a person’s what? (5)

8 What did Sigmund Freud collect as a hobby? (9)

9 What is the basic monetary unit of Japan? (3)

10 What word can be preceded by rush, happy and zero? (4)

11 In which city was Marie Antoinette born? (6)

13 What is the capital of Portugal? (6)

14 Seen as an inspector in On The Buses, who is Stephen Lewis’s character in Last of the Summer Wine? (6)

17 Which river in England is called the Isis as it flows through Oxford? (6)

18 Alphabetically, what is the second deadly sin? (4)

20 What is the name of the MGM lion? (3)

22 What is the treatment of the feet and their ailments? (9)

23 Which musical instrument does Billy Connolly play? (5)

24 Actor Mickey Rooney had nine what? (8)

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1 What thin body fluid contains white blood cells? (5)

2 Under what name did Theodor Geisel write children’s books? (2,5)

3 Which American admiral flew over the North Pole in 1926 and the South Pole in 1929? (4) 4 What might an inexperienced newcomer, or a raw recruit in the army be called? (6)

5 Mombasa is the main seaport of which country? (5)

6 What is the melody pipe of bagpipes? (7)

7 Combining the Japanese words for “harbour” and “wave” gave us what word? (7)

12 What is the most widely used leaf of the nightshade family? (7)

13 What type of song sends a child to sleep? (7)

15 Which luxury motor car company did Ford acquire in 1922? (7)

16 The French word for cherry gave us what colour? (6)

17 What unit of weight equals 2204.6 pounds? (5)

19 What toys were popular with soldiers in Napoleon’s army? (2-3)

21 Au is the symbol for which metal? (4)