GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 A perk, such as a company car, that is additional to an employee’s regular salary (6,7) 8 Unit of measurement that

is one twelfth of a foot (4) 9 A place of temporary accommodation consisting of huts or tents, often for troops (10) 10 ____ voting, a system that enables an elector to vote more than once in an election (6) 11 Midwestern U.S. state nicknamed the Prairie State (8) 12 A church house provided for a member of the clergy (9) 14 Short phrase

meaning ‘unaltered’ (2,2) 15 A unit of heredity that is passed from parent to offspring (4) 16 One who indulges in whimsical notions that bear little relation to reality (9) 20 Portions of territory amid larger ones whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct (8) 21 ____ Bergman, Swedish film director noted for his 1957 film The Seventh Seal (6) 23 To associate or form a friendship with someone (10) 24 A wire wound spirally to

conduct electricity (4) 25 A grouping that consists of a number of parties united in an alliance or league (13)

DOWN

1 A girl’s name of Celtic origin meaning ‘white-shouldered one’ (7) 2 Fluid that flows like blood in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology (5) 3 An imaginary mischievous sprite held responsible for an unexplained mechanical fault (7) 4 Ceremonial English county that includes the towns of Aylesbury and High Wycombe (15) 5 Agile or deft

in movement (6) 6 Those who support equal

rights for women (9) 7 A pair of soft tissue masses located at the rear of the throat (7) 13 Valerie, English broadcaster noted for her stint as presenter on children’s TV show Blue Peter (9) 15 Characteristic of a class

or group of things (7) 17 A neighbourhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City that hosts an annual film festival (7) 18 A place on a railway line where trains regularly stop (7) 19 Having a strong dislike

or opposition to something (6) 22 Italian luxury fashion

house founded in 1921 (5)

SOLUTION TOMORROW