General knowledge crossword
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ACROSS
1 Venue near Kinross which used to host the T in the Park festival (6)
4 Informal term for lift weights (4,4) 9 Meeting for a creative project (8) 14 Surname of the first prime minister of Canada, originally from Scotland (9)
15 Spirits of mines from German
folklore (7)
16 In Greek mythology, Argonaut
father of Odysseus (7)
18 Forename of Lord Darling, former
Chancellor of the Exchequer (8) 19 Musical entertainment group from Fife, originally established by Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezise (3,7,6)
21 Swiss ski resort town and host of
the World Economic Forum (5) 23 National of the island nation in the Indian Ocean with the capital city of Port Louis (9)
25 Town on the southern bank of the Tyne, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne (9)
26 Brand of clothing founded by a Scotsman in South Shields, known for waxed jackets (7)
27 Talent show hosted by Hughie
Green, 1949-1978 (11,6)
30 Smuggling (eg of alcoholic drink)
(11)
32 Mysterious (8)
33 Police office in French (4)
35 Scientific study of humans and
their way of life (12)
37 Ice cream sandwiched between two sets of marshmallow-filled wafers (6,6)
40 Singer who had a UK number one with 'Shotgun' in 2018, George — (4)
41 Traditional Scottish mint sweeties produced under the brand Millar (3,5)
44 Dealers in equipment made of a metal which also is a type of golf club (11)
46 Relating to spirits, ghosts etc (17) 48 Surname of the Marxist who was killed in Mexico City with an ice axe, in 1940 (7)
50 Murderous (9)
52 To change base metals into gold
or silver (9)
54 Gordon Strachan and Gary McAllister played for this club in the early 1990s, — United FC (5)
56 Off-road two-wheeled vehicles designed for use on rough terrain (8,8)
58 Forward jump with legs together
and back arched (4,4)
61 Town hall in Germany (7)
62 Complete the song, 'Ye Cannae
Shove yer — aff a Bus' (7)
63 City which is home to the oldest
university in Spain (9)
64 The first campus of the University
of California (8)
65 Group of aluminium silicate rocks
found in granite (8)
66 To divide into two parts (6)
DOWN
1 To rapidly hurl projectiles at (7)
2 Romantic ballad by Sir Walter Scott concerning a courageous knight (9)
3 French for right (5)
5 The official national language of
Pakistan (4)
6 Chinese cabbage (3,4)
7 Surname of the French lawyer and agitator influential in bringing about the French Revolution (11)
8 Thermoplastic material famously
used in stockings (5)
9 On which clothes are hung out
side to dry (7,4)
10 Song for which Lulu teamed up
with Take That (7,2,4)
11 See 55 (9)
12 Group of eight musicians (7)
13 Female protagonist of a series of children's books set on the Isle of Struay (5,5)
17 Briefs-style male swimwear (7) 20 Computer program which assists
users in using software (8)
22 Information which may ruin the plot of a film you haven't yet watched (7)
24 Physician specialising in the
nervous system (11)
26 Surname of the inventor of the
first mechanical computer (7)
28 Very discourteous or ill-informed
(3-8)
29 The largest German city on the
Rhine (7)
31 Portion of bedrock protruding
through soil level (7)
34 Surname of the leader of the group of Catholics who planned the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (7) 36 Three- piece band from Stornoway that released albums ' Uptown Fank' and ' Light My Byre' (4,3,6)
38 One of the main forks of the
windpipe (8)
39 What a footballer gets when he scores against his team's keeper (3,4)
42 A score of two over par on a hole
in golf (6,5)
43 Cavity running up the vertebral
column (6,5)
45 Town in which the amusement
park M&D's is located (10)
46 The man at 34 and his accom
plices, for example (7)
47 On which competitors at Knock
hill, Fife, can be found (9)
49 French city, capital of the Loire
department (2,7)
51 Federal police officer of Canada, so named as they were originally on horseback (7)
53 Currency of Israel (plural) (7)
55 Jacobite figure in the novel 'Kidnapped' by R. L.— ( 11), Alan Breck — (7)
57 Husks from corn that has been
threshed (5)
59 Rain-clouds (5)
60 Forename of the Scots presenter who co-hosted 'The Generation Game' with Larry Grayson (4)