How much do you know about Scotland and the world? Test yourself with the Sunday Herald’s giant general knowledge crossword ...
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Ringed planet of our solar system (6)
Third-longest river in Europe (4)
Kids’ TV character voiced by Neil Morrissey (3,3,7)
Small animal of the cervid family (3,4)
In the US, the Magnolia State (11) UK’s answer to Barbie (5) Zodiac sign represented by a lion (3)
Scots-born Prime Minister (1929-35) (9)
Congenital defect of the backbone (5,6)
Pseudonym of crossword setter D.S. Macnutt (7)
2005 Pitt and Jolie action film (2,3,3,5) Indian term for midwife (3) The Premium Bond computer (5)
Item used for makeshift flood defence (7)
Poet known as The Bard of Ayrshire (6,5)
1999 psychological drama with Winona Ryder (4,11)
Club once part-owned by Johnny Depp: The -----/---- (5,4)
International distress signal (3)
Flying insect with a sting in its tail (3)
North-American horse with dark spots (9)
In golf, a support for the ball (3)
It’s often known as (1,1,1)
Company selling products to aid stopping smoking (9)
Site of a Chinese massacre in 1989 (9,6)
Actor, The Joker in The Dark Night (5,6)
Fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (7)
What an artist might rest her canvas on? (5)
In computing, a compressed file format (3)
A job documented by TV’s The Clampers (7,6)
Another name for a BlumShub-Smale machine (4,3)
Highland-set 2002 werewolf film (3,8)
Lead singer of Scottish band Travis (4,5)
A jagged-leafed deciduous tree (3)
Actor, played Alfred in Batman v. Superman (5)
Flying mammals which feed on blood (7,4)
US whistle-blower, Edward ------- (7) 1936 Huxley novel (7,2,4) Nirvana song: Smells Like _____ Spirit (4)
A word meaning very much’ (6)
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‘Auntie’ ‘loves
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Football manager, nickname: ‘the hairdryer’ (3,4,8)
Band formed by Jimmy Somerville (3,10)
Sociologist, wrote The Lonely Crowd in 1950 (7)
Vietnam vet played by Sly Stallone (5) Milanese opera house (2,5) Scottish inventor associated with TV (5)
Retailer Philip Green bought it in 2000 (1,1,1)
Welsh actor, star of the thriller Hannibal (7)
UK rank between colonel and major general (9)
1981 UEFA cup winners, nicknamed Tractor Boys (7)
2001 film with Jake Gyllenhaal, scary rabbit (6,5)
Writer of the song Waterloo Sunset (3,6)
Idiots who discriminate by skin colour? (7) Kerouac novel, Big --- (3) Second largest of the Balearic Islands (7)
Filmless photographic device (7,6)
City in which Shallow Grave was set (9)
The longest-running kids’ TV show (4,5)
1987 Woody Allen nostalgic comedy (5,4)
--- Unwin, Corrie character
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(3)
What Dita Von Teese performs? (9)
The third-longest river in the UK (5)
Former KGB agent and Russian premier (5)
Scottish singer, 2003 Pop Idol winner (8,7)
Italian football club founded in 1899 (1,1,5)
The Jam’s fourth No.1 and final single (4,9)
Scots-born actress, played Tina Seabrook in Casualty (6,5)
Humpty Dumpty, for example (3)
Device for storing files on a computer (4,5)
Presenter of Newsnight since 2014 (4,5)
Those who conquered England in 1066 (7)
Dustin Hoffman crossdressing comedy (7) Martin or Morgan? (7) Variety of long-leaved lettuce (3)
A performer such as Lily Savage (4,3)
Doctor Who companion, played by Karen Gillan (3,4)
----- Mavor, Scot who played Mini McGuinness in Skins (5)
Author of the 1927 novel Steppenwolf (5)
The former military arm of Sinn Fein (1,1,1)
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