GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

crossword no. 710

ACROSS

1 (Heraldry) An elongated rhomboidal figure (5) 4 Futile and unattainable hope or fancy (4,5) 9 Historical pageant and fair held annually in Kilbarchan (6,3) 10 Foolish, boorish or incompetent

person (5) 11 Compound of oxygen with some other element (5) 12 (Scot.) First person to sail single-handed non-stop westwards around the world (4,5)

13 Earthenware cooking dish with tightly fitting lid

used for pates etc. (7)

15 One taking part in a race, competition,

examination etc. (7)

17 Where in Scotland Scottish child’s toy takes off

backwards (7)

19 Garland of flowers or leaves hung in a curve (7)

21 Person propelling and steering Venetian flat-bottomed boat (9)

23 (Fencing) An attack or thrust (5)

24 (Music) Speed at which a passage should be

played (5) 25 Broad thoroughfare bordered with

trees (9) 26 Site of the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215 (9) 27 Facetious term for the time of day (5)

DOWN

1 Aftermath of a situation or occurrence (7) 2 (And 19dn) Mercenary willing to serve anywhere for money (7,2,7)

3 Permission to do something (5)

4 (Botany) Short stalk-like connecting structure (7)

5 A landscape as represented in art (7)

6 Posture of a sick person in bed, especially one bedridden (9)

7 Plastic, paint, adhesive etc. made from synthetic polymers (5)

8 (Obsolete) Finest grade of wheat bread (7)

14 Study of visual imagery and its symbolism (9)

16 (Military) Act of turning to look in the opposite direction (5-4)

17 One who writes or tells jokes (7)

18 Saliva running from the mouth (7)

19 See 2dn (7)

20 Scottish term for the 1st of

January (2’5)

22 Ancient Roman’s second name, designating clan (5)

23 Written or printed mark indicating a short vowel (5)