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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Scottish actress, Maggie Jacobs in Extras (6,6)
Primo Levi work: Ist das ein Mensch? (2,4,2,1,3)
Feast of February 2nd, a Scottish quarter day (9)
Detective created by Glenn Chandler (7)
US actor Steiger or singing Scot Stewart (3)
A rival company of JCB (abbr.) (3)
Prohibition-era agent, head of The Untouchables (5,4)
Financial prize in a boxing match (5)
Nationality of footballer Luis Suárez (9)
Sharp teeth used for cutting one’s food (8)
Band, had a 1996 UK No.1 with Spaceman (7,3)
Heathcliff’s lover in Wuthering Heights (5)
Youth culture magazine, folded in 2004 (3,4)
Trees which produce an oval-shaped nut (7)
Adam Lambert song, US top 30 in 2010 (2,1,3,3)
2005 film for which Christian Bale lost 60lbs (3,9)
Holy chant of a Hindu religion (4,7)
“Cry ‘_____!’, and let slip the dogs of war” (5)
2005 UK No.1 for Sugababes (4,3,6)
Comedian Lee or broadcaster Chris (5)
Jim Thompson book, film stars John Cusack and Angelica Huston (3,8)
Iris Murdoch book, protagonist Martin LynchGibbon (1,7,4) Trousers with raised rib (9) In physics, resistance to physical change (7)
Artist, organised a in the 60s (4,3)
Item of religious significance (5) Helium/neon/argon (5,5) Where the Dee reaches the North Sea (8)
An over-the-shoulder US police belt (3,6)
Wicker basket anglers use to hold fish (5)
Scottish musician, former Cream vocalist (4,5)
Annual car road safety check (abbr.) (3)
Brazilian province, --Paulo (3)
Impressionistic French composer (7)
Comic known for oversized collars (5,4)
Old south-east county, now part of Scottish Borders (12)
Glasgow comic, ex-Mock the Week panellist (7,5)
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Those trying to turn metals into gold (10)
Official language of the Indian government (5)
A long fish resembling a snake (3)
Scottish singer and Simple Minds front man (3,4)
Such as Roman, snub and bulbous? (5) Ghost goo? (9) The crumbliest Cadbury chocolate bar (5)
2007 cop film, stars Nick Frost and Simon Pegg (3,4)
Scots-born broadcaster, married Moira Stewart (3,7,7)
Poisonous substance, formula NaCN (6,7)
Scottish actor, the seventh Doctor Who (5)
Pete and Dud’s 1960s sketch show (3,4,3,4)
Merseybeat band, released I Like It in 1963 (5,3,3,10)
Russian playwright, wrote Uncle Vanya (7)
The _____, 1978 Michael Caine B-movie? (5)
Conical-roofed building for drying hops (4,5)
Punk singer, biggest 80s hit: It’s a Mystery (5)
Scottish singer and Britney Spears tribute act! (6)
1981 film with the character Snake Plisskin (6,4,3,4)
Code for a car’s country of origin (abbr.) (3)
The lower part of the alimentary canal (9)
Festive song in the 1942 film Holiday Inn (5,9)
Religious feast or a Cambridge college (6,7)
Foxton, Buckler and Weller collectively? (3,3)
French term meaning ‘in fashion’ (1,2,4)
Film-maker Morris or actor Flynn (5)
Golfer known as The Big Easy (3)
The Hitch------’s Guide to the Galaxy (5)
Scottish presenter, once of Blue Peter (4,6)
1992 Robert Altman Hollywood satire (3,6)
Another term for the word ‘width’ (7)
Brand of rum originally made in Cuba (7)
Establishment run by Norman Bates? (5)
Tree trunk thrown in Highland Games (5)
First name of the inventor of the Cruyff turn (5)
In mathematics, the number one (5)
Synonym for the setter of this crossword (3)
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