GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

ACROSS

4 What is another term for an optical illusion (6)

7 Name a particular card game (8)

8 To be more disinclined to exertion, is to be what (6)

9 What is a series of underground tunnels (8)

11 Name a type of pendulous ornament (7)

13 To have failed in an examination, is to have done what (7)

15 Name an Australian family, noted for their association with billiards and snooker (7)

17 What is the obscuring of one celestial body by another (7)

20 What is a million times a million (8)

23 Name a national park established in 1979 in Arnhem Land, NT (6)

24 What is a recurring decimal known as (8)

25 To devise something new, as by ingenuity, is to do what (6)

DOWN

1 What is an elaborate operatic melody (4)

2 To come into possession of, is to do what (6)

3 Name a prominent Torres Strait Islander, Eddie ... (4)

4 Who was Helen Porter Mitchell, Dame Nellie ... (5)

5 Which instruments are used for shaving (6)

6 Which colour lies between yellow and blue on the spectrum (5)

9 Name a popular beverage (6)

10 One who interferes is known as a what (7)

12 To which nationality did the composer Richard Wagner belong (6)

14 Name an alternative term for a buccaneer (6)

16 On 14 Feb. 1966, what, in

Australia, did ten shillings become (6)

18 What is a connected series of links (5)

19 Name the prolific Australian explorer (1795-1869), Charles ... (5)

21 What are evil spirits also known as (4)

22 What is another term for a furnace (4)