GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

crossword no.613

ACROSS

1 Domino game in which adjacent halves must total seven (7) 5 Someone who advocates fundamental change (7) 9 Instance of being summoned to work in an emergency (4-3) 10 Unit of brightness equal to one lumen per sq. cm. (7) 11 Tree with firm, round fruit (5) 12 Very small human, manikin (9)

13,24ac Amount of resource to be harvested to avoid long-term depletion (9,5) 15 see 16ac 16,15ac US songwriter killed in plane crash in 1959 (5,5) 18 Informal name of magnolia (5,4) 21 Information about or training in a particular subject (9) 24 see 13ac 25 Where in Scotland hospital is next to a large church (7) 26 Things particularly pleasant or desirable, often food (7) 27 Muscle that revolves a part of the body on its axis (7) 28 Strong, warlike women (7)

DOWN

1 Peninsula in Galloway between Luce Bay/Wigtown Bay (7) 2 Medical term for a club foot (7) 3 One-humped Arabian camel noted for its speed (9) 4 Gundog or hound that hunts by scent (5) 5 One whose behaviour is seen as example to be followed (4,5) 6 Skilful person (5) 7 Person/thing on a par with another (7) 8 Winner of the first Grand National at Aintree, in 1839 (7) 14 One obsessed with or finding fault with minor details (3-6) 15 Period when drinks are sold at reduced prices in a bar (5,4) 16 Person who talks too much (7) 17 Old male close-fitting jacket (7) 19 The milling on the edge of a coin (7) 20 Shedding of the cuticle in insects or old skin in reptiles (7) 22 Catalogue of most celebrated individuals in public eye (1-4) 23 Desert region of Israel (5)