General knowledge crossword
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1 German term for practical politics
(11)
7 Paddle steamer being restored at
Balloch (4,2,3,4)
14 It can precede bath or delight (7) 15 Anne Brontë's debut novel (5,4) 16 It connects two rafters in a roof
(3,4)
17 Town on River Don in Aberdeen
shire (9)
18 Jim Morrison was singer in The ---- (5)
Lying face down (9) African country partnered with Scotland (6)
Skip of GB's Olympic champions in women's curling (3,8) Lewis and ---- in Outer Hebrides (6)
In chemistry, to separate into components (7) Synonym for feline as adjective (7)
Distance between vehicle's front and rear axles (9) Bulbous plant of lily family (8) It registers earthquakes (11) Another Scots term for bairn (4) City in western Spain (9) Intuition or hump (5) Ocean surrounding southernmost continent (9)
43 Long story about Scandinavian
history (4)
44 Town that's home of Clyde FC
(11)
45 Person who does heavy physical
work (8)
48 Member of religious order relying
on alms (9)
49 SMS means Short ---- Service (7) 51 To supervise (7)
52 ---- My Religion, REM single (6) 54 Relation who is seanmhair in
Gaelic (11)
57 Group of mountains such as
Cairngorms (6)
61 Breed of animal from St Kilda
archipelago (4,5)
62 Man with fair hair (5)
63 Type of camera lens (9)
65 ---- Head, Orkney location of
Kitchener Memorial (7)
66 Person from country whose cap
ital is Ljubljana (9)
67 Swan with loud trumpeting call
(7)
68 Town in Wigtownshire (6,7)
69 Country between Liberia and
Guinea (6,5) 19 20 22 24 27 29 31 33 34 36 39 40 41
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1 Forest near Aviemore (13)
2 Meaning of A in travel abbrevia
tion ETA (7)
3 Synonym for previous (5)
4 Pakistan's second-largest city (6) 5 Cups, saucers, milk jug etc (3,7) 6 How Fife is sometimes described
(7)
7 WWII fascist leader (9)
8 ---- Elba, English actor (5)
9 Site of games in ancient Greece
(7)
10 Event at Edinburgh Castle (6)
11 Synonym for finally (10)
12 Type of swimming pool at, e.g.,
Gourock (4-3)
13 Rodgers and ----, writers of
musicals (11)
21 Surname of tennis players Sere
na and Venus (8)
23 Condition causing excessive
bleeding (11)
25 Adjective for parallelogram with
four right angles (11)
26 Person who carries out illegal or
immoral act (11)
28 Tool that propels fasteners into
surface (6,3)
30 Classic film noir set in post-war
Vienna (3,5,3)
31 Capital on River Vistula (6)
32 Photographer uses f-stops to set
these (9)
35 Bay at western tip of Ardnamurchan (5)
An opening move in chess (6) Botanical gardens for trees (8) Fruit- growing area between Perth and Dundee (5,2,6)
He met pieman in nursery rhyme (6,5)
Direction in music, very softly (10) Remorse for past conduct (10) Adjective, sleepy or causing drowsiness (9)
53 Bird whose Scots names include
spug and spurdie (7)
55 A return thrust in fencing (7)
56 Hot ----, drinks made with whisky
and honey (7)
58 Eighth sign of zodiac (7)
59 Lizards with adhesive pads on
feet (6)
60 ---- of Scotland, unofficial nation
al anthem (6)
62 Coastal village in Sutherland (5) 64 To move in search of prey (5) 37 38 42 43 46 47 50