GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

ACROSS 1 Attention-catching or theatrical routine (6)

4 Trimming on a skirt or dress (8) 9 First coat of plaster applied to brick or stone (6)

10 Cowpox, or the virus causing it (8) 12 Where in Scotland senior churchman’s not going back (8) 13 Long cloak or coat, usually with a hood (6) 15 See 20ac 16 14thc. Countess of Dunbar so called for her dark hair and olive complexion (5, 5)

19 Site of the Battle of Corrichie in 1562 (4, 2, 4)

20 ,15ac Egyptian city founded in 1859 when the Suez Canal was begun (4, 4) 23 See 26dn 25 Loss of visibility because of heavy snowfall (5-3)

27 Plane figure with five straight sides and angles (8)

28 Old and poetic name for Britain (6) 29 Private single sleeping compartment in a train (8) 30 Masculine part of a woman’s personality (6)

DOWN 1 Late 19th/20th c. Scottish term for men’s trousers (7)

2 ,8dn Paisley band formed in 1968 (9, 7)

3 Obsolete name for a billiard or snooker player (6)

5 Form of freehold possession of land (4)

6 French card game where players gamble against the banker (8) 7 Jargon of a profession (5)

8 See 2dn 11 Disreputable people (3, 4)

14 Anatomical figure stripped of skin so muscle structure is visible (7) 17 New word or expression (9) 18 Extent of reporting of an issue by the media (8) 19 Impetuous or rash person (7) 21 Bacterial disease causing painful spasms of the jaw muscles (7)

22 Device used to measure wavelengths (6)

24 Musical form with a recurring leading theme (5)

26 ,23ac Vulnerable person considered easy prey (4, 6)