GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

ACROSS

3 Name the annual Jewish feast, also known as “Pesach” (8)

7 Who wrote “The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll”, Ray ... (6)

8 In which US state is Chicago (8)

9 Which mineral is used as a refractory when opaque, and as a gem when transparent (6)

10 Name the seeds of a tropical fruit, used in beverages and food (8)

11 What describes intense, overpowering fear (6)

14 Which disembodied spirits are imagined as haunting living persons (6)

17 Name the fee paid to secure services, as of a barrister (8)

18 What is a sweet dried grape (6)

19 Which word describes something extremely unpleasant (8)

20 Name another term for a cashier (6)

21 Name the disease in which the ability of the body to use sugar is impaired (8) DOWN 1 Which term is descriptive of the diameter of a bullet (7)

2 What is an extended mass of ice (7)

3 Which computer machine records typed information (7)

4 Name an annual herb cultivated for its succulent leaves (7)

5 What is a more appropriate term for “fiddles” (7)

6 When one dwells somewhere permanently, one does what (7)

11 To have destroyed a building by having set fire to it, is to have done what (7)

12 Name a popular NZ spa resort city (7)

13 To cover with a coating of rust, is to do what (7)

14 What is an alternative word for attics (7)

15 Name the Australian cricketer (1905-92), called, “Tiger”, Bill ... (7)

16 What do we call an advertisement for a forthcoming film (7)