How much do you know about Scotland and the world? Test yourself with the Sunday Herald’s giant general knowledge crossword ...
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Scottish radio and television presenter (5,6)
US state, home of Harvard University (13)
Neil -----, Monty Python collaborator (5)
Roy Orbison’s second UK number one (3,4)
Places in which one finds ships’ motors (6-5)
Street name for the hallucinogen LSD (4)
Wine bottle eight times standard size (10)
Formal term for the verb ‘pierce’ (9)
Country once ruled by Haile Selassie (8)
1980s band, ---------Attraction (10)
The weather God of Ugaritic religion (5)
Scottish term for gardener’s handcarts (11)
1984 film starring Jon Cryer and Demi Moore (2,5,6)
Scottish term for the noun ‘chatter’ (7)
Colombian singer whose ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ (7)
Marine reptile with a hard shell (3,6)
Musical piece written for nine singers (5)
Jones, Watts and Wood, for example (7,6)
Cymbals operated using a foot pedal (2-3)
Uplifting product, marketing slogan: ‘Hello Boys’ (9)
The largest of Uranus’s satellites (7)
Hormone, lack of which can cause diabetes (7)
One studying a plant-type with odd-shaped flowers (13)
Regiment, motto: ‘No one touches me with impunity’ (5,6)
Term meaning rich in aluminium and silicon (5)
UK number one for Jess Glynne in 2015 (4,2,4)
Informal name for the American flag (3,5)
A feline removed from an abusive owner (6,3)
Early, stringed piano-like instrument (10)
20th Century absurdist art movement (4)
Residence of the MacLean clan chieftain (5,6)
How Hyacinth Bucket would prefer to spell her surname? (7)
A native of the country whose capital is Tashkent (5)
World-renowned Scottish percussionist (6,7)
Madonna’s fourth album, released in 1989 (4,1,6)
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One living in the time of The Virgin Queen (11)
Scottish actor who ‘couldn’t possibly comment’? (3,10)
Nazi who parachuted into Scotland in 1941 (4)
Former bass player of Queens of the Stone Age (7)
Ukrainian violinist, -----Mischakoff (6)
American military unit similar to the SAS (4,5)
----- Streep, star of Sophie’s Choice (5)
Cloth with a small black and white check (9,6)
Maya -------, American poet and novelist (7)
Chinese province, capital Changsha (5)
Poker hand, a same-suited non-picture card run (8,5)
Clergyman, writer of A Medicinable Morall in 1556 (6,5)
Underwear worn around the waist (9,4)
North American term for the woodlouse (3,3)
Type of sewing often used when gathering (7,6)
Countries whose currency is linked to America’s (11)
Graham Greene novel, The Honorary ------ (6)
US writer, author of the novel Psycho (6,5)
Another word for commercial breaks (3)
Scottish novelist, wrote Where Eagles Dare (8,7)
Executive toy consisting of five suspended balls (7,6)
1958 Western starring Gregory Peck and Burl Ives (3,3,7)
Kevin ------, played Doug Wilson in Weeds (6)
Edinburgh site of James 1437 coronation (8,5)
American actor, star of Raising Arizona (7,4)
Shakespeare play, Much --- About Nothing (3)
Scottish term for thick-set
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II (6)
One who gets involved in another’s business (5,6)
Spanish or Filipino lager brand (3,6)
The final studio album by The Beatles (3,2,2)
------- Swit, played ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan in TV’s M*A*S*H (7)
Film, Honey I ------ the Kids (6) Scottish term for a cliff (5) American playwright, Edward ----- (5) Surname of the actor who played Perry Mason (4)