GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

crossword no. 794

ACROSS

1 Black-and-white toothed killer whale (4)

4 Small Native American pony (6)

9 2nd century settlement and tower north

of Duns (5,4,5)

11 (Archaic) Clothing, or a covering such as

hair or feathers (9)

12 Very small quantity or amount (5)

13 Strip of hard ground used by aircraft to

take off or land (6)

15 Fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a hero

or heroine (8)

17 Method of calculating dates using the

Julian calendar (3,5)

18 Plush woven fabric resembling velvet (6)

21 Supposed author of a collection of Greek

fables (5)

22 The eating of raw food, especially meat (9)

24 Middle Ages stronghold near East

Wemyss in Fife, now a ruin (8,6)

25 Ship’s inner keel binding the floor timbers

to the outer keel (6)

26 Large hairy manlike creature said to live

in the Himalayas (4)

DOWN

2 Spiritual leader of a community of Zen Buddhist monks (5)

3 (Archaic) Signal indicating a call to arms (6) 4 Street or passage closed at one end (3-2-3)

5 Amount of beer held by a long, narrow 3ft glass (4,2,3)

6 Change of mind after considering something again (6,8)

7 (Scottish) Flat object used in playing hopscotch (6)

8 Informal term for glandular fever (7,7) 10 Flat-topped hill with steep sides (4)

14 Direct opposite of something or someone (9)

16 Small S American fish with some red colouring (8)

17 A ground for Australian Rules football (4) 19 University lecturer one rank below professor (6)

20 Where in Scotland? It’s in splendiferous Ayrshire! (6)

23 Centre of a cabbage, lettuce etc. (5)