Giant general knowledge crossword
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ACROSS
1 Band which released the album Quadrophenia in 1973 (3,3)
4 Sean Connery’s last Bond film (5,3,5,5)
14 Make of handgun which was standard for British forces in World War II (7)
16 Describing eg sea water which has had salt removed (11)
17 The cry of a cat (5) 18 Landlocked country surrounded by Italy (3,6)
19 Biblical figure, father of Methuselah (5)
20 The second Bond film to feature henchman, Jaws (9)
21 (French) The purpose of something’s existence (6,5)
22 Income from sale of goods and services (7)
24 River which flows through Lake Constance (5)
26 Bad repute (3,4)
28 Adjective meaning bound together by strong relationships (5-4) 29 Coarse woollen fabric (7) 31 Brand of jeans founded in the US by a man with the surname Strauss (5)
33 Art-music genre connected with the Highlands (4,3) 35 Dwelling-place (9)
38 Impartial (3-8)
39 The body of water which is spanned by Kessock Bridge (6,5)
41 Waterway constructed to connect the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea (4,5)
42 To dig up (7)
43 Cotton cloth used as a garment in India (5)
45 Japanese island on which American troops raised their flag in a noted World War II photograph (3,4)
46 Phrase meaning in no particular order (3,3,3)
48 Person believed possibly to have committed a crime (7)
50 Any of a series of compounds containing fluorine used as refrigerants (5)
52 Unit of heat energy (7)
53 Fear or dislike of the country which Vladimir Putin leads (11)
56 The most north-westerly point on mainland Britain (4,5)
58 Castle in Stirling area which features prominently in ‘Monty Python’s Holy Grail’ and in ‘Game of Thrones’ (5)
59 Relating to human beings (9) 60 Group which had a hit with ‘Pass the Dutchie’ in 1982, ‘Musical —’ (5)
61 The office of the senior commander of a fleet (11)
62 One who denounces (7) 63 Colonel in ‘One Hundred and One Dalmatians’ is this breed (3,7,8)
64 Goalkeeper for Heart of Midlothian, Zden k — (6)
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1 Adventure novel, originally serialised in a magazine, credited to the pseudonym Captain George North (8,6)
2 Arabic title of respect for a man of high education (7)
3 Collection of blood outside of blood vessels (9)
5 The farthest away (7)
6 A hidden message or image within a computer game (6,3)
7 Commercial policy whereby the buyer can return surplus stock (4,2,6)
8 The reciprocal unit to the unit of electrical inductance, henry (5)
9 Bar/restaurant once typical in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France (9)
10 The scoring area of the field in American football (3,4)
11 Someone who has a romantic interest in you (7)
12 Archaic interjection denoting regret (5)
13 American football team with the appendage of Saints (3,7)
15 Name of the latest storm in Britain, following Storm Callum (7)
23 Adjective which often accompanies the name of the Benedictine monk, Bede (9)
25 Gallic region which contains the city of Paris (3-2-6)
27 Scottish explorer who named the Victoria Falls (11)
28 Scots politician who was recently duped by a TV crew discussing a drug-dealing app, Ross — (7) 29 Santa’s ninth reindeer (7) 30 Sounding pleasant to the ear (7) 32 Muscles between the neck and rib (7)
33 Group of aquatic mammals consisting of whales, dolphins and porpoises (7)
34 A ship or aircraft which sets down explosives (9)
36 The proper name for the bird referred to as spug or spuggie (7)
37 Traditional festive song for this time of year (9,5)
40 Twisted object or ornament (12) 44 Scottish group Nick Knowles claims to have jammed with (5,5)
46 Being physically awkward with the hands (3,6)
47 Equine control accessory (9) 48 Having a projecting muzzle (7) 49 Shaped like a ball (9) 51 Interjection expressing rebuke (3,4) 52 Russian-French artist known for paintings such as ‘I and The Village’ and ‘White Crucifixion’ (7) 54 1975 film in which Warren Beatty stars as a Beverly Hills hairdresser (7)
55 Christian rite usually involving immersion in water (7)
57 Unit of currency and unit of mass (5)
58 A parting drink, deoch-an- — (5)