Giant general knowledge crossword

How much do you know about the world? Test yourself today ... Puzzle by Midgie

ACROSS

Study of animals and plants (7,7) Corran ferry crosses it (4,6) Object on public display (7) Duke ----, jazz orchestra leader and composer (9)

Shrub or tree of the genus Cornus (7)

Adjective relating to tailoring or clothes (9)

An inlet in UK or a stream in US (5)

E.g. Brunei or Oman (9) Ronni ----, Scottish actress and impressionist (6)

Person who's 100 or older (11) Village near Kirriemuir (6) Low oval mound formed by glacial action (7)

Zero ----, refusal to accept any breach of law or rule (9)

---- 64ac, longest-serving First Lady (7)

Ricky Gervais sitcom (5,4) Small set of items such as needles and thread (6,3)

To cook or to interrogate (5) Island whose highest hill is Goat Fell (5)

Synonym for thus (2,4,3) It causes inflammation and stiffness of joints (9) Member of cavalry regiment (7) Subatomic particles with positive charge (9)

46 Sea cucumber, a Chinese delica

cy (7)

48 Their empire was overthrown by

conquistadors (6)

50 What thermometer measures (11) 53 Meaning of Scots word kye (6) 57 Sutherland is to have the UK's

first one (9)

59 ---- T. Firefly, Groucho Marx's

Duck Soup role (5)

61 Brief or insignificant affair (9)

63 Adjective relating to major world

religion (7)

64 Surname of two US presidents (9) 65 Ceremony involving Scottish par

liament or councils (7)

66 Mairi ----, creator of Katie Morag

books for children (10)

67 Home of Northern Ireland Execu

tive (8,6) 11 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 30 32 34 36 37 39 40 41 43 44 45

DOWN

Location opposite Inveruglas on Loch Lomond (10) Person engraving design on metal, glass or stone (6) 1997 film co-starring Billy Connolly (3,5)

Colour named after river (4,4) Sloping typeface (6)

He is Earl of Inverness (6,6) Part of film studio used to record dialogue (5,5)

8 Nearest airport to Lerwick (8)

9 Long-haired breed of cat, goat or

rabbit (6)

10 Collection of Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts (4,3,7) Diminutive form of Charlotte (6) Celtic pre-match ritual (6) Bram ----, author associated with Cruden Bay (6) Synonym for equivalent or opposite number (11)

E.g. Glasgow's Glenlee and Dundee's Discovery (4,5)

It separates Anglesey from Welsh mainland (5,6) Adjective, beginning to happen or develop (9) Synonym for impoverished (9) Character in The Merchant of Venice (7)

Stoke-on- ----, aka The Potteries (5)

33 Female horned ruminant (5,4)

35 Warning term in fencing (2,5)

36 Beatles single, album and film

(1,4,4,5)

38 Poet who wrote Ode to a Nightin

gale (5)

42 River running through Edinburgh

(5,2,5)

45 Caribbean island whose capital

is San Juan (6,4)

47 Location of PGA Centenary golf

course (10)

49 A speciality of Devon and Corn

wall (5,3)

51 Release from punishment (6)

52 Word that can follow chain,

nuclear or chemical (8)

54 Adjective relating to farmland or

its management (8)

55 East Ayrshire hamlet and biggest

country's capital (6)

56 Stephenson's pioneering loco

motive (6)

58 Synonym for refer (6)

60 E.g. fino or amontillado (6)

62 Second point in tennis (6) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 14 15 23 25 27 28 29 31 32