GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PUZZLE

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What is another word for lorries (6)

Which musical wind instrument is equipped with a slide (8)

9 Name the Dickens character who “asked for more” (6)

10 What is a particular system of weights and measures (8)

11 To seize an aircraft in transit is to do what (6) 12 The Orient is also known as the what (4)

13 What is a termagant (5)

16 Name the Irish nationalist poet, dramatist, and essayist, William Butler ... (5)

19 Which W German river flows into the Rhine (4)

21 Name a particular woodwind instrument player (6)

22 What are eminent musical composers, teachers, etc, called (8)

23 To which kingdom do we humans belong (6)

24 Name an alternative term for a journalist (8) 25 What did they call a Federal soldier in the American Civil War (6)

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2 Name the English explorer, and favourite of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter ... (7)

3 What is another name for the roe of sturgeon (7)

4 To withdraw one’s labour, is to go on what (6) 5 What is a general pardon for offences against a government (7)

6 Sucre is the capital of which republic (7)

7 Name the pendulous folds of skin under the throats of cattle (7)

13 What is a brief and comprehensive presentation of facts (7)

14 Name the written acknowledgement of the payment of a bill (7)

15 What is an alternative term for novelists or the like (7)

17 By which process is the surface of the earth worn away by water, winds, etc (7)

18 What describes having made and left a valid will (7)

20 Name the string of beads used in praying (6)