general knowledge

General Knowledge

These puzzles contain clues based on famous names, places and events. They can be of any shape or size and can be themed.

Across
3 A disease of the respiratory mucous membrane(8,5)
10 Supervise the publication of (4)
11 Ad for a movie (7)
13 Instrument used to detect and locate distant objects (5)
14 A jack in a pack of cards (5)
15 Australian kingfisher (10)
16 The tendency of a body to maintain it's state of rest (7)
19 A structure in which animals lay eggs (4)
21 A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements (6)
23 Ernie, the South African golfer (3)
25 A long heavy sea wave (4)
26 Several musical recordings issued together(5)
27 A disparaging remark (4)
29 Large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (3)
31 Likely to attract attention (6)
32 An open fabric of string or rope (4)
34 Style of design popular in the 1920s and 1930s (3,4)
35 Fierce predators of Arctic regions (5,5)
39 Marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause(5)
41 South American cud-chewing animal (5)
42 Names that has been assumed temporarily (7)
44 Any of numerous plants with fronds (4)
45 Satirical puppet show of the 80's (8,5)

Down
1 English National Park (4,8)
2 Crystalline mineral (4)
4 Of a female (3)
5 An acute viral disease of the nerves (5)
6 Scandinavian country (6)
7 A cut pile fabric with vertical ribs (8)
8 Milk gland of a cow (5)
9 A group of cattle or sheep (4)
11 Grow molars,incisors and canines (6)
12 A state in south central United States (8)
17 A young bird of prey (6)
18 United States escapologist (5,7)
20 Expensive fur of the marten (5)
22 The power to entice or attract through personal charm (6)
24 Special importance or significance (8)
28 Large long-tailed game bird (8)
30 Tries to prevent (6)
33 Come into possession of (6)
36 Striped animal in the giraffe family (5)
37 A defence by an accused person (5)
38 Mountain system in south-central Europe (4)
40 Cattle that are reared for their meat (4)
43 Oval reproductive body of a fowl (3)

SOLUTION
Across: 3 Whooping cough, 10 Edit, 11 Trailer, 13 Radar, 14 Knave, 15 Kookaburra, 16 Inertia, 19 Nest, 21 Sonata, 23 Els, 25 Roll, 26 Album, 27 Slur, 29 Pad, 31 Catchy, 32 Mesh, 34 Art deco, 35 Polar bears, 39 Rabid, 41 Llama, 42 Aliases, 44 Fern, 45 Spitting Image.
Down: 1 Peak District, 2 Mica, 4 Her, 5 Polio, 6 Norway, 7 Corduroy, 8 Udder, 9 Herd, 11 Teethe, 12 Arkansas, 17 Eaglet, 18 Harry Houdini, 20 Sable, 22 Allure, 24 Emphasis, 28 Pheasant, 30 Deters, 33 Obtain, 36 Okapi, 37 Alibi, 38 Alps, 40 Beef, 43 Egg.