GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Across

10. Aristocratic family which produced four popes and two queens of France in the 16th and 17th centuries (6)

11. Unit of surface area of 10,000 square metres (7)

12. A salmon that has just spawned (4)

13. Japanese sea bream (3)

14. Variety of high-quality cotton which went into mass production as a result of the American Civil War (8)

15. Weightlifting exercise where a person rises from a crouching position (5)

16. Sea captain in Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (4)

17. Cruciferous vegetable, the most common variety is called ‘curly’ or ‘Scots’ (4)

18. The white of an egg (7)

20. Car manufactured by Ford (UK) from 1951 to 1962, its first new design after World War II (6)

21. Italian brand of dessert icecream whose name means‘little horn’ (8)

23. Ancient site in Greece, home of the lion which was killed by Heracles (5)

24. Abbreviated name of the South African national rugby team (4)

26. ___ Love, song released by

Donny Osmond in 1972 (5)

27. Palm tree, common throughout New Zealand, which has highly poisonous fronds (7)

29. Style of hand-drawn and computer animation which originated in Japan (5)

32. Ancient occupation which involved using plants, barks and insects until synthetic replacements were discovered in the mid-19th Century (4)

34. Spicy Indian deep-fried snack (5)

36. “Need to put the ___ of courage into stirrup of patience”: Ernest Shackleton (8)

38. A ringlet of hair (4)

39. ___ Freud, founder of psychoanalysis (7)

40. Sing or speak the praises of, originally as an act of worship (4)

41. Member of an organisation of robbers and assassins in India who strangled their victims (4)

42. Band used to hold the saddle on a horse (5)

44. An inhabitant of the world’s second-least densely populated country, with fewer than three people per sq km (8)

45. Acronym for a type of beer developed in England around 1840 (3)

46. Part of the body affected by gingivitis (4)

47. Grilled cheese sandwich (7)

48. Small hairpiece to cover partial baldness (6)

Down 1.

Military leader during Argentina’s 19th Century war of independence who created the country’s flag (8)

2. Indent on a golf ball which reduces drag during flight (6)

3. Person undertaking law enforcement without any legal authority (9)

4. Place where Clark Kent would sometimes transform into Superman (5,5)

5. Book of the New Testament which follows John (4)

6. Poisonous flowering shrub with yellow flowers (8)

7. Undergarment worn beneath a skirt (9)

8. Colloquialism used to describe someone who is thin or underweight (4,3,5)

9. Basketball shot where the ball is thrust down through the basket (4,4)

19. Rugby league player who made 301 appearances for the Warriors, a club record (9)

21. Roman god who was the son of Mercury and Venus, usually shown as a beautiful naked winged boy (5)

22. Doctor who specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney conditions (12)

25. Animal which was first domesticated in Mesopotamia around 10,000 years ago (5)

28. Person on social media who encourages potential buyers of a product (10)

30. In music, a piece which must be performed without alteration or omission (9)

31. Metalworker who specialises in making jewellery (9)

33. “One globe seemed all too small for the ___ Alexander”: Juvenal (8)

35. Grand Prix which, because of Covid-19, was the opening round of the 2020 F1 Championship (8)

37. “A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is ___”: Horace Mann (8)

40. New Zealand’s oldest active political party (6)

43. DOC is responsible for more than 950 of these across New Zealand (4)