GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PUZZLE

Across

1 What is a brood of chickens called (6)

8 Which agents supply oxygen (8)

9 To be getting older is to be what (6)

10 What do we call one who supports a motion (8)

11 To put an end to, is to what (6)

13 Name a disease caused by eating an affected rye preparation (8)

16 What, in cooking, is a strainer for draining off liquids (8)

19 Which chemical compound is present as a contaminant in certain herbicides (6)

22 Name a type of small shop selling fashionable articles (8)

24 In botany, what is a tubercle (6)

25 What is a substance for sticking things together (8)

26 That which is not done according to a pattern is done at what (6)

Down

2 Which science investigates the principles governing correct inference (5)

3 To sully or tarnish, is to what (5)

4 Name the keg that holds 52 imperial gallons of beer (8)

5 Brass consists essentially of copper and which other metallic element (4)

6 Which deep red transparent mineral is used as a gem and an abrasive (6)

7 What are high-spirited horses (6)

12 What is a “level playing field” (4)

14 One who grows flowers and the like is a what (8)

15 Name an Old World wild goat (4)

17 Egg-shaped things are called what (6)

18 What is a national song (6)

20 Name the US humorous poet (1902-71) ... Nash (5)

21 What is a dome-shaped Inuit snow hut (5) 23 Name the colloquial term for a pre-decimal pound (4)