GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

ACROSS: 4 Name a major NSW ski resort near Mt Kosciuszko (7)

8 What do we call the skin of animals, prepared for use by tanning (7)

9 Name a person who examines elements critically (7)

10 Which other term describes violation of allegiance by a person to one’s state (7)

11 What is an alternative term for a teller (7)

12 What is another word for one who practises naturism (6)

14 Name an earlier term applied to silver (6)

18 What is a cup for the wine of the eucharist or mass (7)

21 Name the main executive organ of government (7)

22 Which plant is also known as monkshood, or wolf’s bane (7)

23 Which polygon has ten sides and ten angles (7)

24 That which remains after a part is taken, is called what (7)

DOWN: 1 Name a military sub-unit, consisting of two or more sections of a company (7)

2 Which (acronymical) device produces high-intensity beams of radiation (5)

3 What do we call the frame, wheels and machinery of a motor vehicle (7)

4 What is a hypnotic unconscious condition (6)

5 Which horses are of a sorrel, chestnut, or bay colour, sprinkled with grey or white (5)

6 Name the period between sunrise and sunset (7)

7 What is an aquatic, furred, webfooted mammal (5)

13 What do we call the St George Illawarra NRL team (7)

15 Which highly venomous Australian spider is closely related to the blackwidow of America (7)

16 Name a particular form of life assurance, the common funds of which benefit the sole survivor (7)

17 To withdraw formally from an alliance or association, is to do what (6)

18 What do we refer to the president of a meeting as (5)

19 Which Greek epic poem describes the siege of Troy (5)

20 What are parts of a tree, held fast in a river bed, forming a danger to navigation (5)