GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

crossword no. 535

ACROSS

1 see 26ac 4 Style of painting based on a three-dimensional principle (6) 9 Scottish patriot captured in Robroyston, Glasgow in 1305 and hanged by Edward I (7,7) 11 Attitude of deference (9) 12 No-speaking or walk-on part in a film, play etc (5) 13 Cover for the centre part of a motor vehicle’s wheel (6) 15 Code word for the letter N in radio communication (8) 17 Distraction from reality by diversion or fantasy (8) 18 External staircase or platform at main entrance to a building (6) 21 The same thing again – often used in lists (5) 22 A natural protuberance or swelling, especially on bone (9) 24 1935 Laurel and Hardy film mainly set in India despite its title (6,8) 25 Knowledge of spiritual mysteries (6)

26,1ac One competing in event by invitation, not qualification (4,4)

DOWN

2 A false or assumed identity (5) 3 Insistent and peremptory request made as of right (6) 4 Type of hood or hat worn in Europe in the Middle Ages (8) 5 Summer house or gallery with a panoramic view (9) 6 62-mile long-distance trail from Melrose to Lindisfarne (2,9,3) 7 Sound produced by a sudden rush of air or liquid (6) 8 Shrub yielding a sap-green pigment used by painters (5, 9) 10 Cold sea mist on the east coast of Scotland (4) 14 Extinct giant flightless bird found in Madagascar (9) 16 Location, on Shetland, of the biggest cave in Britain (8) 17 Circular movement of water causing a small whirlpool (4) 19 End of the game in rugby (2,4) 20 Where in Scotland most, but not all, women need little company (6) 23 Building providing accommodation and meals for the paying public (5)