General Knowledge Crossword 2 — Answers

1E
2C
3M
4G
E
O
G
R
A
P
H
5Y
G
N
P
E
6A
T
O
M
A
7R
I
8S
R
A
9N
O
R
T
H
10I
C
E
O
N
N
N
11T
I
G
E
R

Across

  1. 4. Ptolemy wrote a treatise of this name; its tools are the map and the contour (9)
  2. 6. Rutherford split it; Democritus named it 'uncuttable' (4)
  3. 9. Where Polaris hangs, and where all lines of longitude meet (5)
  4. 10. Less dense than its liquid form, which is why bergs float (3)
  5. 11. Blake asked it about its fearful symmetry (5)

Down

  1. 1. Humpty Dumpty was one; Faberge made jewelled ones (3)
  2. 2. Wegener argued they had drifted apart (9)
  3. 3. Mercator's projection distorts one (3)
  4. 5. Caesar's calendar reform fixed its length; every fourth one gains a day (4)
  5. 7. In Spain it falls mainly on the plain, per Professor Higgins (4)
  6. 8. An age of prehistory, and fourteen pounds (5)