General knowledge crossword

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6 What is a clockwork model of the solar system? (6) 7 The sea entrance to which city has the islands of Ischia to the north and Capri to the south? (6) 10 What soft, brown coal is intermediate between bituminous coal and peat? (7) 11 Which computer language developed in the 1960s was widely used on early personal computers? (5) 12 Which chess piece is also called a castle? (4) 13 Peggy Lee had a smash hit in 1958 with which song? (5) 16 What is the capital of Belarus? (5) 17 What is a sepulchre? (4) 20 According to Robert Browning, what never hurts the teller? (5) 21 What is correspondence from admirers? (3,4) 22 What is an equilateral rectangle? (6) 23 What religious witchcraft is practised in Haiti? (6)

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1 From 1863, the improved design of what led to many rinks being built in the US and western Europe? (6-6) 2 In 16th-century Europe, what was a mounted infantryman armed with a carbine? (7) 3 What is a colourful woven band used as a trimming? (5) 4 In what game would you roll a taw? (7) 5 In poker, what is a hand of cards all of one suit? (5) 8 At an AGM, what is an alternative to a vote that is decided by a show of hands? (6,6) 9 An aircraft does what when it reaches its desired altitude? (6,3) 14 Which film starring Bruce Willis was based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever? (3,4) 15 White feathers are given to those considered to be what? (7) 18 In Rwanda, who tried to kill off the country’s Tutsis? (5) 19 What is an ornamental net bag that holds a woman’s hair at the back of the head? (5)