GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PUZZLE

Across 1

What is another name for an adjustable spanner (6)

8 What do we call a person who follows a philosophy made up from diverse sources (8)

9 Name the more common term for a “tonsorial artist” (6)

10 What is a profit gained from the investment of money (8)

11 Which object is worn as a protecting charm (6) 13 What are spray containers sometimes known as (8)

16 Name another term for parentheses (8)

19 What are supporting frames for blackboards (6)

22 In which month does the Melbourne Cup take place (8)

24 In tennis, what is the flight of a ball in play before striking the ground (6)

25 Which lubricated aid helps to sharpen knives, chisels, etc (8)

26 Name the agricultural implement with a long curved blade, used for mowing grass by hand (6)

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2 What is a different term for a royal domain (5) 3 Who was the Swedish inventor of dynamite, Alfred ... (5)

4 What do we call that which comes to one by reason of birth (8)

5 Which word also describes a garden bed (4)

6 What is an alternative term for sets of twenty (6) 7 Name the French-born German engineer who invented a particular engine (6)

12 Which is one of the two bones of the forearm (4)

14 In some sports, what are the second grades called (8)

15 Name one of the woodwind instruments (4) 17 Informally, what is a raw recruit known as (6) 18 What is the curd of milk, separated from the whey (6)

20 Name a light two-wheeled one-horse carriage (5)

21 What is a bloodsucking aquatic worm (5)

23 Name a group of states united by some common factor (4)