General Knowledge Crossword
Across
1. Gripping hand tool with two hinged arms (6) 7. South American monkey with claws instead of nails (8) 8. Canton located in the centre of Switzerland, home to William Tell (3) 9. Succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem which typically bears spines (6) 10. Front part of a vessel or aircraft (4) 11. Agent which assists colonic irrigation (5) 13. Ten-sided shape (7) 15. Place for young plants (7) 17. Strong, lightweight wood (5) 21. Female operatic star (4) 22. Neckband (6) 23. Mature female deer (3) 24. Summons to attend a court of law (8) 25. Gains points in a game (6)
Down
1. Thick cushion used as a seat (6) 2. Hanging, tapering spike of frozen water (6) 3. English explorer said to have been saved by Pocahontas (5) 4. Cut of beef from the chest (7) 5. Fairground game of ring throwing (4-2) 6. Extremely poisonous, especially by bite or sting (8) 12. Name of the submarine in Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (8) 14. Tall fern with coarse lobed fronds (7) 16. Crustaceans also known as Norway lobsters or Dublin Bay prawns (6) 18. Food store (6) 19. Mother superior (6) 20. Name that has been assumed temporarily (5)
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