GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

ACROSS

1 Which variety of thin, fleecy, cloud occurs at great altitudes (6)

7 Name small guitar-like instruments, much used in the Hawaiian Islands (8)

8 What do we call timber sawn into planks, boards, etc (6)

9 Which term is descriptive of what relates to the common people (8)

10 What is a wise and trusted counsellor (6)

11 Which term describes those who enter as enemies (8)

14 Name the small knives used in surgical operations (8)

18 What is a “bicycle built for two” (6) 19 Name a popular, large beer glass (8)

21 Name the style of printing type in which the letters usually slope to the right (6)

22 What is the smallest particle of a substance capable of independent existence (8)

23 Name a colloquial term for an electrician or a telegraphist (6)

DOWN

1 Name the navigator commonly regarded as the first European to discover America (8)

2 What is a more common term for automatons (6)

3 To catch a person unawares is to do what (8)

4 What is another name for a sand hill (4)

5 Name a collection of stories of an admirable person (6)

6 To mend something is to do what to it (6)

12 What is a more common term for sacristies (8)

13 Name the sac-like enlargements of the alimentary canals in humans (8)

15 Which bird is noted for its habit of laying eggs in the nests of other birds (6)

16 What is another term describing a plunderer (6)

17 Name the capital of Turkey (6)

20 Which part of speech denotes persons, places and things, etc (4)