GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

crossword no. 791

ACROSS

1 Piece of cloth used for patching or cleaning (5) 4 (Scottish) Large black mussel (6-3)

9 Last song written by Rodgers and Hammerstein (9)

10 (Heraldry) An orange-brown colour (5)

11 Passage between rows of seats or shop

shelves (5)

12 Someone whose power derives from their

wealth (9)

13 Thin stream of liquid (7)

15 Site of nuclear power station in East

Lothian, commissioned 1988 (7)

17 Weasel-like mammal noted for its foul smell (7)

19 Belief that all forms of organic life

originate in the soul (7)

21 Official who mindlessly upholds petty

rules (9)

23 Pungent-leaved eaten in salads (5)

24 Great power or strength (5)

25 Explosive or device used to detonate main

charge (9)

26 Another name for lead poisoning (9)

27 Sound of a bell, especially at a death (5)

DOWN

1 Where in Scotland some recycle landfill (7) 2 Population leaving an overcrowded area to live elsewhere (9)

3 (Scottish) Leather punishment strap once used in schools (5)

4 (Scottish) Female bus conductor (7) 5 Sudden violent attack (7)

6 Medley or mixture of things (9)

7 Basic monetary unit of Macedonia (5) 8 (Greek myth.) Son of Clytemnestra, whom he killed (7)

14 Place regarded as dull and nothing important happening (9)

16 Point vertically above the focus of an earthquake (9)

17 Jacket and loose trousers for sleeping in (7) 18 Farthest limits of rail or other transport routes (7)

19 Disbelief in the existence of a god (7) 20 Strong, cold dry north-west wind in S France (7)

22 Bend or loop in a rope (5)

23 Informal word for prison (5)