General knowledge crossword

ACROSS

5 What insect product is most commonly eaten by people? (5)

8 What is a powerful, swinging boxing punch? (8)

9 Planted at Meikleour, Scotland, in 1745, it is the world’s tallest what? (5)

10 What is the tube-shaped sac at the upper end of the large intestine? (8)

11 What is a thick white deposit formed in a kettle? (5)

14 What does a theophobe fear? (3)

16 What Swiss breakfast food has been adopted internationally? (6)

17 As canine is “of dogs”, what is “of bears”? (6)

18 What is a slang word for information? (3) 20 Which peninsula links Africa with Asia?

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24 “An autobiography is an _____ in serial form ...” (Quentin Crisp, The Naked Civil Servant)

25 What did Michelangelo sculpt between 1501 and 1504? (5)

26 What did Alfred Nobel invent in 1867? (8) 27 Meaning “scales” or “balance” in Latin, which constellation is seen in the southern skies? (5)

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1 What is a great number of fish swimming together? (5)

2 What is the immature form of a dragonfly or locust called? (5)

3/4 Who played Arnold Schwarzenegger’s twin in the film Twins? (5,6)

6 What type of mining does not require underground shafts? (8) 7 What is another name for the aubergine? (8)

12 Kyu Sakamoto had a worldwide hit in 1963 with which song? (8)

13 What is a tree trained to grow flat against a wall? (8)

14 What is a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage? (3)

15 What is a dull greyish-brown colour? (3)

19 What describes a human offspring in the first eight weeks after conception? (6)

21 What is a very fragrant oil made chiefly from the damask rose? (5)

22 Song lyrics: “Say it loud and there’s music playing. Say it soft, and it’s almost like praying.” Say what? (5)

23 What are basic units of information in computer storage? (5)