GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

ACROSS

3 What describes loose, comic verse (8)

7 Name the surgeon who first used antiseptics in surgery, Joseph ... (6)

8 What are passages taken out of a book, or the like (8)

9 One who suffers from sleep apnoea often does what (6)

10 Name a less familiar term for a house (8)

11 What describes a rifle, sword or a cannon, etc. (6)

14 What do we call one of those confined in a prison, hospital, etc (6)

17 Which biennial plants, with large leaves, are used in salads (8)

18 What do we call two dots as a diacritic over a vowel (6)

19 Which term relates to valuable records (8)

20 What is the inner portion of a shoe (6)

21 What is a public selection of persons for office by vote (8)

DOWN 1 Which term applies to a woman, engaged to be married (7)

2 What supports a horse rider’s foot (7)

3 Name a delicate porcelain made in a S German city (7)

4 What is a mischievous invisible being, said to cause disorder and confusion (7)

5 Name a reproduction of a work of art (7)

6 What is a form of pasta cut into flat sheets (7)

11 To be receiving social security is to be on what (7)

12 Which word expresses a separate clause of a statute (7)

13 Name another term for an eye specialist (7)

14 Which protein hormone maintains the balance of glucose metabolism (7)

15 To which animal group does the snail belong (7)

16 Name a Mexican drink produced by distillation of a fermented mash of agave (7)