GENERAL KNOWLEDGE crossword no. 855

ACROSS

1 Person who leads prayers in a mosque (4)

4 Scottish term for fat or grease (6)

9 Pompous or inflated language or

manner (14)

11 Lengthy complicated procedure

often rather pointless (9)

12 Brightly coloured freshwater fish

popular in aquaria (5)

13 Tar barrel burnt in Burghead, Moray on 11 January to bring good luck (6)

15 Small S African antelope with

smooth upright horns (8)

17 Blurring of a photograph by

dispersion of light (8)

18 Line of descendants from an

ancestor (6)

21 Complete reversal of policy or

thinking (1-4)

22 Sub region of Oceania that includes Fiji and Papua New Guinea (9)

24 Pale red spot on the skin occurring

at birth (10,4)

25 Large bowl of ancient Greece for

mixing wine in (6)

26 Practical intelligence or common

sense (4)

DOWN

2 (Greek myth.) Princess who helped Jason retrieve the Golden

Fleece (5)

3 Where in Scotland I’m not bothered being over 50 (6)

4 A woman who flirts (8)

5 (Law) Eviction of a tenant from property or land (9)

6 Long-distance trail from Melrose to the Holy Island of

Lindisfarne (2,9,3)

7 Fungus of an order that includes

mushrooms (6)

8 Cattle round-up where tail hair is clipped as each animal is counted (8,6)

10 Device for raising heavy weights, e.g. vehicles (4)

14 (Hist.) Provincial or colonial governor of France, Spain or Portugal (9)

16 Short rod used as a lever to turn a box spanner (5,3)

17 Number of fish caught at one time (4)

19 Colloquial term for an electrician (6) 20 Old British coin equivalent to

10p (6)

23 Liqueur made of brandy flavoured with fruit kernels (5)