GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Across
1. Island nation in the Persian Gulf, one of the world’s 20 wealthiest nations per capita (7)
5. Dried meat of the coconut, from which oil is extracted (5)
8. Plant fibre used for making baskets, hats or as fodder (5)
11. Nickel-iron-chromium alloy invented by a Swiss physicist, who won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Physics (7)
12. “Technology has to be invented or ___”: Jared Diamond (7)
13. The ___, 1970s British comedy TV series starring Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden (7)
14. Protective parts of shoes or boots (7)
16. A sign or warning of an event to come, often bad (4)
18. British car and bicycle manufacturer, founded 1896, whose last model in production (1961-1969) was the Elf (5)
19. The process of making films, television or radio programmes (10)
23. Small terrier which posed alongside a gramophone in the Francis Barraud painting His Master’s Voice (6)
25. Set of six people who perform together (6)
28. The ____, winner of the Best Picture Academy Award in 1961 (9)
29. Reddish brown colour, also various dessert apple varieties with a rough brown skin (6)
32. A model of Toyota’s Hilux, originally called the 4Runner when sold new in New Zealand (4)
33. Herb in the buttercup family whose dried root is used to make medicine (10)
36. Would I ___ ___ You, 1995 song by British duo Eurythmics (3,2)
37. Fictional princess in the
Star Wars trilogy, sister of Luke Skywalker (4)
39. Type of lens for use in lighthouses, named after the French civil engineer who invented it (7)
42. 2012 animated film featuring Merida, the first Disney princess created by Pixar (5)
43. Town near Glasgow with population around 40,000, birthplace of three Victoria Cross winners (7)
44. Vessel in which kerosene burns for light (3,4)
45. Ship, usually rigged like a sloop or cutter, used in fishing and coastal sailing (5)
46. Isaac __, singer and songwriter who co-wrote Soul Man and wrote the theme for the 1971 film Shaft (5)
47. Scottish clan associated with the Isle of Skye (7)
Down
1. Felix ____, Austrian skydiver who descended an estimated 39km to Earth from a helium balloon in 2012 (11)
2. Characters of the ancient Egyptian writing system (11)
3. Test in which a dog owner directs the dog through an obstacle course (7)
4. Medical term for a mole or birthmark (5)
5. Unit of measurement for gold and precious stones (5)
6. A high, flat area of ground (7)
7. Hawaiian greeting (5)
8. Egyptian goddess of war, hunting and fertility (5)
9. Maiden name of Hillary Clinton (6)
10. Actor who appeared in The Deer Hunter, Batman Returns and Pulp Fiction (6)
15. Ordained ministers of the Catholic, Orthodox or Anglican churches (7)
16. Type of semi-precious quartz (4)
17. Fourth largest of the five Great Lakes at 25,744 sq km (4)
20. Genre of fiction produced by Danielle Steel, Nicholas Sparks and Carolyn Brown (7)
21. “____ will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals”: Napoleon Bonaparte (7)
22. Elaborate solo passage inserted towards the end of a piece of music (7)
24. Common name for a venomous snake of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus (7)
26. Tasty treat synonymous with Guy Fawkes’ Night and Halloween (6,5)
27. Corporate action in which a company makes an offer to purchase another company (8,3)
30. “Humans have both the __ to create and destroy”: Hayao Miyazaki (4)
31. Japanese multinational video game developer founded in 1960 (4)
34. Institution of conventual life for women (7)
35. Word that follows spirit and precedes crossing (5)
36. Surname of the actor who played Joey on Friends (2,5)
37. Single ___, 2008 song by Beyonce (6)
38. Greek island, home to the legendary Odysseus (6)
39. Jim __, US golfer who holds the PGA record for lowest round with a 58 (5)
40. Only planet not named after an ancient god (5)
41. One of the three basic fingerprint patterns (5)