Giant general knowledge crossword
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ACROSS
1 Less well-known name for reef off Angus coast (8,4) 7 Having a disease but showing no signs of it (12) 15 Systematic police search (7) 16 One of the meanings of Scots word fank (9)
17 TV presenter Dougie Vipond's other job (7)
18 I ts botanical name i s Malus domestica (5,4)
19 Writing that's not poetry (5) 20 Branch of medicine concerned with nose (9)
21 Mixture of wine and soda water (8)
22 ---- Cumberbatch, English actor (8)
23 Person with a very loud voice (7) 25 One-legged camera support (7) 27 Town known as the Queen of the South (8)
29 It's performed by Jay-Z, Kanye West, etc (3,5)
33 Antonym of intrinsic (9)
36 A gibbon or a siamang (6,3) 38 Spanish word for public square (5)
39 What third letter of Acas acronym stands for (11)
40 A square's is 1:1 (6,5) 44 Epilation removes them (5) 45 Weed with yellow flower (9) 46 Bi---- of soda, used in baking (9) 47 King of Scotland from 1165 to 1214 (7,1)
49 Person who lives in Los Angeles (8)
51 Hussar's cloak (7)
54 Small lumps of gold (7) 57 Ship's biscuit (4,4) 59 Accident in nuclear reactor (8) 62 Mountain range that includes Annapurna (9)
63 Set of wives and concubines (5) 64 School, college or university one attended (4,5)
65 Film director who made La Dolce Vita (7)
66 ---- Mick, character in Still Game sitcom (9)
67 Type of sloth (3-4)
68 300th anniversary (12)
69 It includes Scotland and Cornwall (6,6)
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1 Autumn heatwave (6,6) 2 Metal bar holding masonry together (5-4)
3 Nunnery (7)
4 The Blue Toon (9) 5 Reddish brown (6)
6 Scots word for low stool (7) 8 Type of hat associated with Abraham Lincoln (9)
9 Tempo between andante and allegro (8)
10 Hot drinks made with whisky etc (7)
11 E.g. the Taj Mahal (9)
12 Brief break during a game (4,3) 13 Whirlpool between Jura and Scarba (12) 14 Ophthalmic optician (11)
24 ---- Rita, film starring Julie Walters (9)
26 He sculpted statue of Zeus at Olympia (7)
28 Birthplace of Rugby Sevens (7) 30 Person who helps another commit a crime (7)
31 Ability to sustain prolonged effort (7)
32 Explorer who died in Hawaii (5,4) 34 Jayne ----, 1984 Winter Olympics gold medallist (7)
35 Feudal form of servitude (7) 37 An extract or concentrate (7) 38 Large Asian pheasant (7) 41 TV sketch show that preceded Still Game (6,3,3)
42 A believer in free will (11) 43 It connects England and Wales (6,6)
48 Beatles 1964 No 1 single (1,4,4) 50 It's also called Polaris (5,4) 51 Sort of tyre invented by a Scot (9) 52 English breed of cattle (9) 53 The Lewis ----, discovered in 1831 (8)
55 The ----, 1978 hit for Kenny Rogers (7)
56 E.g. Vidal Sassoon (7)
58 Fruit preserved or cooked in syrup (7)
60 Embroidery frame or a drum (7) 61 MacCrimmon's ----, Jacobite song (6)