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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Singer known as Ginger Spice (4,9)
Your long-haired lover from Liverpool? (5,6)
Sir Chay Blyth, for example (9)
What a married couple are to each other (7)
US organisation known as The Company (3)
Surname of MP assassinated by IRA in 1990 (3)
Basque separatist movement (3)
1998 Bruce Willis end-ofthe-world film (10)
Lead singer of The Lemonheads (4,5)
A humanitarian organisation (3,5)
2013 Oscar-winner for best picture (4)
Scrooge’s clerk in A Christmas Carol (3,8)
The man who shot John Lennon (4,7)
Horror writer, wrote The Raven (5,5,3)
In mythology, Tantalus’s daughter (5)
Another name for Mars (3,6)
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird (6,3)
UK paper with right-wing views (5,4)
Copper or tin, for example
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(5)
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Collection of writings on Jewish law (3,6)
Entrances in a Roman amphitheatre (9)
80s runner, ‘The Jarrow Arrow’ (5,4)
First name of Swedish actress Ekland (5)
David Lean film starring Omah Sharif (6,7)
A fern resembling a deer’s body part (5,6)
Channel4 sitcom starring Rob Delaney, Sharon Horgan (11)
The site of Duart Castle
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(4)
Train company serving Scotland (8)
Dark purple smoothskinned vegetable (9)
A scan given to a pregnant woman (10)
Abbreviation meaning ‘more detail than wanted!’ (3)
Sort of line said to have paranormal energy (3)
Place of higher education in Norwich (3) US actor, Shia ------- (7) Scottish economist, early advocate of free trade (4,5)
A residence of George Washington (5,6)
Scottish snooker player, seven times world champion (7,6)
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Scottish musician, Coldplay’s bassist (3,8) Ayoade or Attenborough? (7) Beanie, bobble, bowler, for example (4)
Ancient Roman ghosts of the dead (7)
Native of a landmass off the coast of (6)
Ginger singer and Ron Weasley look-a-like! (2,7)
Glasgow band, released Mainstream in 1987 (5,4,3,3,10)
He quested for The Golden Fleece (5)
East Lothian town with a racecourse (11)
A plant also known as Adam’s needle (5)
Military feet-spreading command (5,2,4)
A body part carrying out a vital function (5)
1978 Romero zombie movie (4,2,3,4)
Collective name for plates, cups and bowls (8)
A game also known as bar billiards (9)
Straight-edged lengthmeasuring tool (5) Joint between leg/pelvis (3) Michael Morpurgo book: -/-----for Leroy (1,5)
Metallic element with the symbol Rh (7) Main artery of the body (5) Crusty deposit often found in kettles (9)
A supposedly suicidal rodent? (7)
Scottish actor in TV’s The Man from Uncle (5,8)
Salieri opera first performed in 1787 (6)
American awards for TV excellence (5)
Scottish town known for smoked haddock (8)
A woman’s slacks and jacket set (7,4)
A product made by Wilkinson Sword (5)
1998 thriller with Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton (1,6,4)
Glasgow band, released Soul Destruction in 1991 (3,8)
Danny John-Jules’ character in Red Dwarf (3)
2007 Edinburgh-set film starring Jamie Bell (6,3)
A term meaning ‘to hold something in’ (7)
Avian that feeds on workers and soldiers? (7)
A common name for potassium carbonate (6)
New Orleans term for a swampy outlet (5)
John Lydon band, Public ----- Ltd (5)
1997 The Verve album, ----- Hymns (5)
for example (4)
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