GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PUZZLE

Across

1 Which country won the 2002 soccer world cup (6)

8 What is an eager desire for distinction, power or fame (8)

9 Name a term which means quickness of perception, etc (6)

10 What are elaborate showy passages for a singer, near the end of an aria (8)

11 Which figure of speech directly expresses resemblance of one thing to another (6)

12 Name a prime minister/president of Yugoslavia, Marshall ... (4)

13 What is another term for a hoard (5)

16 What, in botany, are joints in a stem (5)

19 Name the mountain nymph who pined away for love of Narcissus (4)

21 What is a counter, bar, or the like, for lunch or refreshments (6)

22 What is a scanty remuneration called (8) 23 Name a sweet grape, dried in the sun – or artificially (6)

24 Which musical composition usually tells a sacred story (8)

25 What do we call one’s sisters’ daughters (6)

Down

2 What is a written acknowledgment of having received money, etc (7)

3 Among West Indians, what are persons thought to resemble the walking dead (7)

4 Which surgical knife has a short, wide, pointed, double-edged blade (6)

5 What is the hinged, movable flap of an aeroplane wing (7)

6 Name an alternative term for the ventriculus (7)

7 When one grinds the teeth together, one does what (7)

13 What is used as a temporary platform for speakers addressing a street audience (7)

14 Which term describes what is southern (7) 15 Name the polygon having six angles and six sides (7)

17 What is an illegal position in soccer, rugby and hockey (7)

18 To lament is to do what (7)

20 In a Midsummer Night’s Dream, who was the King of the fairies (6)