GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

ACROSS: 4 In grammar, what is a derived noun form of a verb (6)

7 Name the attendant who collects and pays the money at a gaming table (8)

8 Who were the indigenous people dominant in Central Mexico at the time of the Spanish invasion (6)

9 To have set down in writing or the like, is to have done what (8)

11 In Greek legend, who was the sweetheart of Hero (7)

13 What is a woven coloured cord worn around the shoulder of military uniforms (7)

15 What describes a person who lives apart from society (7)

17 In the military, which officer is next below in rank to a field marshal (7) 20 Tropical hurricanes are also known as what (8)

23 The sign of the zodiac, Leo, lies mostly in which month (6)

24 Which instrument measures the distance passed over, as by a motor vehicle (8)

25 What is another term for a minister of religion (6)

DOWN: 1 Name the southernmost and shallowest of the five Great Lakes (4) 2 What is a speech in praise of a deceased person (6)

3 What describes the wearing of particoloured clothes (4)

4 Name the division of a school in terms of a pupil’s age or academic level (5)

5 Which designation refers to a sailor who has no commissioned rank (6)

6 What is an ornamental recess in a wall (5)

9 Name an authoritative decision, as by a judge on a point of view (6)

10 Those people who are getting on in years are called the what (7)

12 Name the large, glossy black, omnivorous and somewhat predacious birds (6)

14 To take away, as from a sum or amount, is to do what (6)

16 What is a colloquial term for a crazy person (6)

18 Which musical composition embodies a specific technical exercise (5)

19 What is a person who plays the part of a character in a dramatic performance (5)

21 What is the cultivated produce of the ground, such as grain, fruit, etc (4)

22 Name a sharp-pointed duelling sword (4)