GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

ACROSS

1 Name the cavity marking the orifice of a volcano (6)

8 What is the US term for a lift (8)

9 Which sort of fox is a fruit bat (6)

10 What is another term for a planetoid (8)

11 What describes a characteristic style of pronunciation (6)

13 To lack refinement is to appear what (8)

16 Name the profession of Johann Sebastian Bach (8)

19 Name a spotted, leopard-like cat (6)

22 What relates to deposits formed by flowing water (8)

24 Which arthropod is characterised by a body clearly divided into three parts (6)

25 What is the act of entering as an enemy (8)

26 To tempt by something flattering, is to do what (6)

DOWN

2 What is a surviving memorial of something past (5)

3 Which other word describes a set of three (5)

4 Name an alternative term for boat races (8)

5 At which direction does the sun set (4)

6 What is the tube of a gun called (6) 7 Which magazines contain stories in strip form (6)

12 What is another term for a bivalve mollusc (4)

14 Name a particular US state, divided into North and South (8)

15 Which British nobleman is ranked immediately above a viscount (4)

17 Name an alternative term for rectangular (6)

18 What describes something consisting of more than one (6)

20 Which stand is used by an artist (5)

21 To take place, or happen, is to what (5)

23 Name the Egyptian goddess of fertility and nature (4)