GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Name a direction given by a race starter (3,3)

8 Which evergreen shrub is a traditional symbol of remembrance (8)

9 To be in the privacy of a judge’s chambers, is to be in what (6)

10 What is a misalignment in the comparison of two locations due to the relative position of the observer (8)

11 Which earlier king was known as the great (6)

13 Name the champion Australian cyclist and politician, Sir Hubert ... (8)

16 Name the common, almost cosmopolitan, wild ducks (8)

19 Which NW European kingdom is bordered by Finland and Norway (6)

22 What was today, yesterday (8)

24 Who asked for more (6)

25 Which person deals in gems or their like (8)

26 What is a collection of literary matter etc, often condensed (6)

DOWN

2 Which term describes the sending of messages over the Internet (5)

3 What is an ox or a bullock known as (5)

4 Name the spider that constructs silk-lined tunnels in the ground (8)

5 What was an emperor of Russia called (4)

6 That which is of greater extent, is said to be what (6)

7 What is a fleet of warships (6)

12 What is a domestic hen called (4)

14 Which secret expression is used to obtain access to a computer system (8)

E-QUATIONS 7

15 Which alcoholic liquor is made by fermenting honey and water (4)

Letters have a number value

17 Name the positive poles of batteries (6)

18 What do we call one who plunders, or pillages (6)

20 To be watching narrowly, is to be doing what (5)

21 What are pitchers with wide spouts (5)

23 Which term describes an actor’s part (4)

Mini Word Find

Find the following words in the grid. They may be read in any direction, even diagonally. Some letters are used more than once.

Curio

In 2014, the highly paid YouTube™ user known as DC Toys Collector, earned over $A6 million dollars. A series of posts, each about 8 mins long, show an anonymous pair of hands unboxing and playing with children’s toys, using a soft soothing voice that seems to mesmerise her young fans!

E-QUATIONS

Some values are in the right hand cells. Create remaining values using clues in centre cells.

Letters A to Z have a number value. Some are shown in the right-hand cells. Create remaining values using clues in centre cells.

Biyword

Build it yourself using the clues and each of the twenty-four letters once only to form ten words: five across and five down. A key word (bold clue) builds on the letter set in the grid.

CLUES:

Audible Nasal Emission (3)

Basic Error Rate (3)

Bounce back (7)

Feline (3)

Hope in another (5)

Iraqi port (5)

Louse egg (3)

Of masons (7)

Room on a ship (5)

Wash lightly (5)

Solutions Sudoku

Quick Think

Solve the crossword. Each answer has four letters.