Big Saturday Crossword

Try our general knowledge challenge

ACROSS

10 TV panel game hosted by Rob Br ydon (5,1,3,2,3) 12 Disney character, uncle to Huey, Dewey and Louie (6,4) 15 Fine brandy produced in Gascony (8) 16 Vehicle transmission system first developed in the 1890s (5‑5,5) 17 Painter whose ‘Blue Period’ was from 1901 to 1904 (7) 19 Romanian‑born playwright who wrote The Bald Prima Donna (7) 20 City near the Moray Fir th (9) 24 Tropical tree with blue flowers and fragrant timber (9) 25 Dolly Par ton’s first UK hit (6) 26 Yellowish gemstone, and the title of a 1969 Hitchcock spy thriller (5) 30 Exper t in the study of caves (12) 32 1978 Iris Murdoch novel featuring Charles Arrowby (3,3,3,3) 33 Numbers 1 and 3 in a rugby union side (5) 34 Poisonous plant with a forked root (8) 35 Creature that spits a jet of water at its prey (10) 39 Rail transport invented by Richard Trevithick in 1804 (5,5) 40 Helen ___, creator of Bridget Jones (8) 41 Golf course near Prestwick Airpor t (5) 43 Piece of cloth put over the back of a chair (12) 46 Egg custard, baked in a dish lined with heated sugar (5,7) 47 Natural per fume oil derived from botanical sources (5) 48 Counting frame of ancient origin (6) 49 Michael Caine film based on a play by Ira Levin (9) 54 Breed of heavy carthorse from northern France (9) 55 Climbing hedgerow plant with pink or white flowers (3,4) 56 Mythical lyre‑playing husband of Eur ydice (7) 59 Glorification of Christ’s appearance before three of his disciples (15) 61 Canadian‑born tennis player who became British No.1 in the late 1990s (8) 63 Radio and TV broadcaster, presenter of Eggheads (6,4) 64 German industrialist played by Liam Neeson in a Spielberg film (5,9)

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1 French soft cheese brand (7) 2 Princess in Frozen voiced by Idina Menzel (4) 3 Winter spor ts event first included in the Olympics in 1952 (5,6) 4 See 58 Down 5 County town in central England (8) 6 Magistrate appointed to a county, town or other district (7,2,3,5) 7 Rocky Mountain state of the USA (5) 8 Last Stuart monarch (4) 9 Fictional teenage diar y‑keeping character (6,4) 11 Members of a former military class, ranking between squire and page (6) 13 1979 David Bowie album featuring the track Boys Keep Swinging (6) 14 Veteran resident at London’s Royal Hospital (7,9) 18 Vinyl and paper paintable textured wallcovering (9) 21 Relationship of Bridget Fonda to Jane (5) 22 BBC current affairs programme first broadcast in 1953 (8) 23 Singer and reality TV star who had a 1996 hit with Mysterious Girl (5,5) 27 Room for medical procedures, originally designed to accommodate an audience (9,7) 28 Shakespeare’s home town (9‑4‑4) 29 Animal such as Tarka in the 1927 book by Henr y Williamson (5) 31 SE Asian language, a standardised version of Malay (10) 36 Typically three‑movement piece for orchestra and soloist (8) 37 Northern Ireland county that does not adjoin Lough Neagh (9) 38 Mountain system of Nor th Africa (5) 42 Large fish‑processing vessel (7,4) 44 Shaft theme music composer (5,5) 45 Texas fort held by Davy Crockett in a siege of 1836 (5) 50 Danish castle, site of Shakespeare’s Hamlet (8) 51 Breed of dairy cattle (6) 52 Eccentric character who lives with Betsey Trotwood in David Copperfield (2,4) 53 Arctic sledge dogs (7) 57 Band who released the album A Night at the Opera in 1975 (5) 58 & 4 Down Football manager and player who made 24 appearances for Scotland between 1975 and 1978 (5,5) 60 Holiday resort in the north of Rhodes (4) 62 Singer whose hit Thank You was sampled by Eminem in Stan (4)