GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

crossword no. 721 ACROSS 1 Lively Spanish solo dance performed with castanets (8)

5 (Cricket) The end of play (6)

9 And 16dn Oldest remaining house in Glasgow, built 15thc. (7’1,8) (8)

10 Scottish term for an ice cream wafer (6) 11 Person appointed to carry out the

terms of a will (8)

12 A split or warp, esp. a crack in a

mast (6)

14 Where in Scotland to change in the

porch (10)

18 Line connecting points where an earthquake shock has equal intensity (10)

22 Flat stone slab covering a grave (6)

23 Fluted tubes of pasta of varying

length (8)

24 Keeper and driver of an elephant (6)

25 Married woman’s gallant or lover (8)

26 Ceremonial stole worn by Anglican clergy (6)

27 Person or thing representing the opposite of another (8)

DOWN 1 Small butterfly with reddish-brown wings (6) 2 Informal term for prison (6) 3 Seventh planet from the sun (6) 4 18th c. mansion near Tarves, designed by William

Adam (5,5)

6 Small green West African monkey (8)

7 And 20dn 1969 winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture (8,6)

8 Inferior cut of a neck of mutton (5-3)

13 Unexpected or sudden appearance of something (10) 15 Someone dealing with people tactfully or skilfully (8)

16 See 9ac (8)

17 Mental dullness or lethargy (8) 19 Large North American species of deer (6)

20 See 7dn (6)

21 Mediaeval stringed instrument, forerunner of the cittern (6) Solution to General Knowledge Crossword No. 720 ACROSS: 1, Rust bucket. 6, Chap. 10, Otaku.

11, Departure. 12, Game plan. 13, Quest.

15, Galatea. 17, Evanton. 19, Raw deal. 21, Marquis. 22, Salvo. 24, Bell rock. 27, Imbroglio. 28, Bleep.

29, Nile. 30, Call signal. DOWN: 1, Rood.

2, Scapa flow. 3, Brute. 4, Cedilla. 5, Expanse. 7, House. 8, Prettiness. 9, Traquair . 14, Aggression. 16, Theropod. 18, Truncheon. 20, Lobelia. 21, Milfoil. 23, Libel. 25, Rabbi. 26, Opal.