GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

crossword no. 553

ACROSS

1 Shyest of Snow White’s seven dwarves (7) 5 Tortilla fried and served with a savoury topping (7)

9,24ac Idiom using words that sound the same (7,5) 10 Each of the two wing cases of a beetle (7) 11 Sycophant flatterer (5) 12 Old moderate or more liberal element within the Kirk (3,6) 13 Island where Gavin Maxwell lived for a short time (6,3)

15,4dn Scottish entertainer whose sister is Annie Ross (5,5) 16 Woman’s close-fitting hat (5) 18 Endangered, edible, large deep-sea creature (9) 21 Where in Scotland I’m for our new front door (4,2,3) 24 see 9ac 25 Person who refuses to face unpleasant facts (7)

26 Proposition from which an inference is drawn (7) 27 Store for weapons (7) 28 Colourless liquid hydrocarbon present in petroleum (7)

DOWN

1 Graduated glass tube with a tap, for measuring liquids (7) 2 Square piece of material above royal on square-rigged ship (7) 3 Children’s story about magical and imaginary beings (5,4) 4 see 15ac 5 Korean martial art similar to karate (3,4,2) 6 Ancient pointed implements for writing on wax tablets (5) 7 First patriarch, revered by Judaism, Christianity, Islam (7) 8 Period when offenders admit to crimes without penalty (7) 14 A mutual promise to marry (9) 15 Scot whose bequest allows Glasgow University students to go to Balliol College (4,5) 16 Game in which winning tickets are drawn from a drum (7) 17 Death: a release from life (7) 19 Posthumous No.1 hit song by John Lennon (7) 20 Science or art of preserving health through cleanliness (7) 22 Pungent edible bulb (5) 23 Place where buses are kept (5)