General knowledge crossword

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7 What wild cat is a Felis pardalis? (6) 8 What in Agent Orange has been blamed for third-generation deformities in Vietnam? (6) 10 In 1973, Wrigley’s chewing gum was the first product with a what? (7) 11 From Spanish for “go round” what is a show of cowboy skills? (5) 12 What unit of length equals 2.54 centimetres? (4) 13 What stout whip was used in Russia as an instrument of punishment? (5) 17 From 1940, where was the seat of the French collaborationist government under Marshal Pétain? (5) 18 What narcotic Polynesian drink is prepared from the roots of a shrub? (4) 22 What is a small ornament worn on a bracelet? (5) 23 What parasitic eel-like fish has a sucker mouth? (7) 24 Which Marshall Islands atoll saw atomic bomb tests from 1946 to 1958? (6) 25 London Lord Mayor Dick Whittington began his working life as a what? (6)

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1 Who painted portraits of Henry VIII, some of his wives and son? (7) 2 What is the hometown of TV’s The Flintstones? (7) 3 B is the symbol for which chemical element? (5) 4/5 Poet Coleridge, assisted by friend Humphry Davy, tried composing poetry under the influence of what? (7,5) 6 What is a messenger on a diplomatic mission? (5) 9 Which British comedian’s saucy-postcard style of humour made him a favourite around the world? (5,4) 14 Kept in the Tower of London, what is the Koh-i-Noor? (7) 15 Who completed a famous trio with Barry and Robin? (7) 16 What is a cord attached to a whistle? (7) 19 “Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus” became what? (5) 20 The Trial is one of three novels published after the death of which Czech novelist? (5) 21 Red, green and ____? (5)