House & Garden General Knowledge Crossword Across 1. Devoid of spirit or liveliness (13) 7. Cylindrical containers for liquids (7) 8. Collection of maps (5) 9. Void (4) 10. Herbaceous plant also known as the speedwell (8) 12. Reminiscence (6) 14. Two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage (6) 16. Indirect (and usually malicious) implication (8) 17. Wading bird of warm and tropical climates (4) 20. Oil-bearing laminated rock (5) 21. Inscription on a tombstone (7) 23. Day before Ash Wednesday, also called Pancake Day (6,7) Down 1. Science room (abbr) (3) 2. Christmas song (5) 3. Plant family which includes the maple (4) 4. Jane ___, English novelist (1775–1817) (6) 5. Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (7) 6. Port and capital city of the Canaries (3,6) 8. Without usual standards or principles (6) 9. Greek mythological man who fell in love with his own reflection (9) 11. Wool of a sheep (6) 13. Mythical being, half man and half horse (7) 15. Season preceding Christmas (6) 18. Name given to a product (5) 19. Habitation for bees (4) 22. Grass used as fodder (3)
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