GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

ACROSS 4

People who telephone others are known as what (7)

8 What do we call one who ponders (7)

9 Which tooth in the anterior part of the jaw is adapted for cutting (7)

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

11 What are things used as a packing material for making joints fluid-tight (7)

12 To be far distant in space, is to be what (6)

14 Which meal serves as both breakfast and lunch (6)

18 Name the musical direction which suggests rapid tempo (7)

21 Which instrument is used for loosening the soil for digging (7)

22 Name the sugar which occurs in many fruits, fluids, etc (7)

23 Name a variety of small dog with a propensity to pursue prey (7)

24 What are small sealed bags, used for packaging a variety of goods (7)

DOWN

1 In cricket, what do we call the batting player who is facing the bowling (7)

2 In which place must a competitor come to receive the gold medal (5)

3 What is another term for a frying pan (7)

4 What is another word for cower (6)

5 What are devices for securing doors, gates, etc (5)

6 What describes the direction from which the sun rises (7)

7 Name the principal outer garments worn by Hindu women (5)

13 To which class of creature does the snail or bivalve, etc, belong (7)

15 Which sloping timbers sustain the outer covering of a roof (7)

16 What do we call computer vandals (7)

17 Name the celestial bodies that move about the sun in an elongated orbit (6)

18 In Greek mythology, what is the shield of Zeus (5)

19 What is another term for a spherical body (5)

20 What is a volume having pages of the largest size (5)