General knowledge crossword
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ACROSS
1 Extended sheet of low cloud (7) 5 The most populous island of
French Polynesia (6)
8 Regiment formed after the 1715 Jacobite rebellion with dark green tartan as uniform (5,5)
14 To run away secretly (5)
15 Football club with Easter Road as
its home ground (9)
17 Briefly referred to (9)
18 Summary (8)
19 In a disorderly manner (8-8)
20 Small sturdy motor vehicle for
military use (4)
21 Film in which Max von Sydow
plays Emperor Ming (1980) (5,6) 23 An inhabitant of LA, California (8) 26 Repository of reading matter on
North Street, Glasgow (8,7)
29 Award- winning documentary which followed the lives of families on an estate in Kilmarnock (3,6)
31 Mexican state of which Merida is
the capital (7)
33 Astrological water sign along with
Cancer and Pisces (7)
35 Teaching session to an individual
or small group (8)
37 Showing no features of a disease
(12)
38 Glasgow park i n which t he Empire Exhibition of 1938 was held (12)
41 Voice discontent (8)
43 Surname of the author of The
Wind in the Willows (7)
44 Person willing to provide a testi
monial (7)
46 Projecting piece on the bumper
of a car (9)
47 Economic term describing the relationship between buyers and sellers of a commodity (6,3,6)
49 American term for lift (8)
51 The routes which aircraft intend to take logged with air- traffic control (6,5)
54 Instrument used as the logo for
Guinness (4)
57 Poem by Sir Walter Scott which begins with the hunting of a stag in the Trossachs (3,4,2,3,4)
59 Rare (8)
61 Admirer of the composer of 'The
Ring of the Nibelung' (9)
62 Time for avenging of past mis
deeds, day of – (9)
63 Award for excellence in Australi
an television (5)
64 Government regarded as being
overprotective (5,5)
65 A long steady look (6)
66 Fail to care for properly (7)
DOWN
1 Novelty headwear of a tam-o'
shanter and ginger wig (3,3,5,3) 2 The surname of the president
often referred to as FDR (9)
3 Number of sides of a dodecagon
(6)
4 German for fast (7)
5 Olivia's uncle in Shakespeare's
'Twelfth Night', Sir – Belch (4)
6 Rough-cast wall finish seen on
many castles in Scotland (7)
7 Irresponsible in using guns (7-5) 9 American slang for British people
(6)
10 Delivery of goods (11)
11 Squirm (7)
12 Form of a verb to indicate the
time of the action (5)
13 Spaces suitable for concealing
something (5-5)
16 Scottish variant of no-one (7)
22 George Eliot novel about a linen
weaver (5,6)
24 Stock phrase used in the ending
of fairy tales, 'happily –' (4,5)
25 Government report on an issue
(5,5)
27 Slang word for language (5)
28 A reservation (7)
29 Film set on Mars starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid (1990) (11)
30 Commonly used French accent over vowels with this symbol: ^ (10)
32 Related to Sri Lanka (9)
34 Protective loose garment for dirty
work (7)
36 Describing connected groups
relying on each other (14)
39 Ruler of Judea at the time of the
birth of Jesus (5)
40 Cheerfully carefree (5-2-5)
42 Someone who specialises in reproducing oral recordings in text form (5,6)
45 Welsh t extile manufacturer known for his social reform in New Lanark (6,4)
47 Chemical element historically
known as brimstone (7)
48 Born in East Kilbride, co-founder
of Creation Records (4,5)
50 Place of study in a specific field
(7)
52 An aircraft's departure from the
ground (4-3)
53 A nine-sided geometrical figure
(7)
55 The result of an action (6)
56 On a golf course, a hole where
the fairway has a bend (6)
58 Former cathedral city in Moray (5) 60 Herb commonly used in the Nor
dic dish gravlax (4)