General knowledge crossword
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11 Animal whose name comes from
Greek for river horse (12)
13 Local authority with Kilmarnock
HQ (4,8)
16 Type of elections held in USA (7) 17 ----/----/---- ( 500 Miles), Pro
claimers song (2,5,2)
18 German word for master (7)
19 Scottish writer known as the
Ettrick Shepherd (5,4)
20 Place where birds rest at night (5) 21 Timing device that uses sand (9) 22 Judicial capital of Bolivia (5)
23 Major work written by Karl Marx
(3,7)
26 Scots term for someone speak
ing rubbish (7)
29 Tooth at front of mouth (7)
32 Son of Abraham and Hagar in the
Bible (7)
34 Synonym for impromptu (9)
37 Jesus Christ ----, musical (9)
39 It's driven by Bruce Wayne's alter
ego (9)
40 Joe ----, English playwright (5) 41 Swiss ----, leafy vegetable (5)
42 Grammatical tense (9)
44 The study of speech sounds (9) 46 Irish breed of pony (9)
47 Person assisting priest in a reli
gious service (7)
48 Former party once led by Jo Gri
mond (7)
50 Lewis Grassic Gibbon short story
(7)
53 Administrative district in France
(10)
56 Informal term for start of song or
tune (5)
59 Mottled green English cheese
(4,5)
61 Poet who spent early childhood
in Aberdeen (5)
62 A939 connects it with Cock
bridge (9)
63 In music, opposite of lento (7)
64 Magnetic strip on which sound
can be recorded (9)
65 Kent town with international rail
station (7)
66 Pam ----/----, first wheelchair-us
ing MSP (6-6)
67 Force 3 on Beaufort scale (6,6)
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1 Rock ' n' roll band in ' 80s TV
series Tutti Frutti (3,9)
2 Widespread occurrence of dis
ease in a community (8)
3 ---- House, Glasgow, designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson (8)
4 Fence of pointed wooden or
metal posts (6)
5 Its capital is Sofia (8)
6 Fine-grained volcanic rock (6)
7 Dutch city where you can climb
the Domtoren (7)
8 Borders town and fishing port (8) 9 Type of missile abbreviated in
AAM (3-2-3)
10 E.g. Christiaan Barnard (5,7)
12 Shrubs of genus Elaeagnus with
olive-like fruit (9)
14 Type of bridge crossing Caledo
nian Canal at Banavie (5)
15 Substance such as alcohol (10) 24 Ancient Greek type of pottery
vessel (7,3)
25 Philanthropist in Fielding's novel
Tom Jones (9)
27 Spanish-derived informal term
meaning to leave quickly (7)
28 A half of the earth (10)
30 Footballer Andy Robertson is
Scotland's (7)
31 Greek wine (7)
33 What bears etc do in winter (9) 35 Three-lobed ornament in archi
tecture (7)
36 Younger rock formation isolated
among other rocks (7)
38 E. g. Prince Harry or Scots
actress Karen Gillan (7)
41 Australian territory i n Indian
Ocean (5,7)
43 Environmental activist (3-7)
45 Fish-friendly feature of Pitlochry
dam (6,6)
49 Name of several hills including
one on Cowal peninsula (5,4)
51 N. American term for aubergine
(8)
52 Estate near Braemar (3,5)
54 Cornwall castle associated with
King Arthur (8)
55 Paired drums played in Latin
American dance music (8)
57 Another way of saying twen
ty-four (3,5)
58 The Boy in the Striped ----, novel
and film (7)
60 Principle laid down as incontro
vertibly true (5)
61 Part of woman's dress above
waist (6)
62 Italian Alpine city on Adige river
(6)