General knowledge crossword
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1 Complementary therapy using
needles (11)
7 Castle between Aberlour and
Grantown-on-Spey (13)
15 Person who imports or exports
illegally (8)
16 Athletic event (4,5)
17 ---- It All Away, Roger Daltrey hit
in 1973 (6)
18 Mishal ----, BBC journalist and
presenter (6)
19 Fact or state of being (9)
20 How electrical components
might be arranged (2,6)
21 Scots word for rascal (7)
23 Natural product used in wood
polish and candles (7)
25 Larva eaten by some indigenous
Australians (9)
29 Person from Toronto, say (8)
31 Planning and creation of WWW
locations (3,6)
32 Town near Devil's Beef Tub (6) 34 Nickname of Scottish former
manager of Man Utd (6)
35 Long speech (9)
37 Wheel with teeth on rim (8)
38 Shetland island on which Symb
ister's located (7)
39 Seeds of areca palm (5,4)
40 Dish cooked or served in rolled
form (7)
44 Blood that's rhesus positive con
tains this (2,6)
46 Humorous term for state of sleep
(4,2,3)
47 Former name of Ho Chi Minh City
(6)
48 Scots term for trousers (6)
49 Substance that destroys insects
(9)
51 Type of golf match (8)
52 Period of temporary economic
decline (9)
54 They're depicted as chubby chil
dren with wings (7)
56 ---- Gibb, Lulu's first husband (7) 60 Prize at Cannes Film Festival (5,3) 62 Segments of backbone (9)
64 Moor in Cornwall (6)
65 The ---- Takes It All, Abba hit (6) 66 Crude oil (9)
67 Spanish name for grape called
Grenache in France (8)
68 Film starring Kelly Macdonald
and David Tennant (3,5,5)
69 Meaning of I in ITV (11)
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2 Ruined abbey beside Stirling (13) 3 Hair plaited behind or at side (7) 4 Coleen ----, Loose Women pan
ellist (5)
5 Scotland's are led by Douglas
Ross (6)
6 E.g. crocodile or snake (7)
8 First point after deuce in tennis
(9)
9 Location of Thirlestane Castle (6) 10 Expert on healthy food (12)
11 Council with HQ in Forfar (5)
12 Lauren ----, radio and TV pre
senter (7)
13 Substance made by removing
diluting agent (11)
14 Gaelic word for stream (4)
22 Film studio founded by Charlie
Chaplin and colleagues (6,7)
24 Army officer below rank of cap
tain (9)
26 Visitor attraction near Edinburgh
Castle (6,7)
27 Legendary dwarfish creature (5) 28 Italian-derived term for a dabbler
(10)
30 Light sponge made with egg
whites (5,4)
31 Itchy feet (10)
33 Groups of departments in univer
sity (9)
36 Venetian boat operator (9)
41 She plays Cathy in sitcom Two
Doors Down (4,9)
42 The study of codes (12)
43 To instruct or improve someone
(5)
45 Sauce made from pungent root
(11)
50 Christopher ----, wrote Goodbye
To Berlin (9)
53 Clad in stoat fur (7)
55 Ingrid ----, Casablanca star (7) 57 Referee uses it to send player off
(3,4)
58 Manifestation of a Hindu deity (6) 59 It's also called breakbone fever
(6)
61 Aberdeenshire dialect (5)
63 Anthony ----, PM who resigned
over Suez Crisis (4)
64 John ----, artist/playwright, wrote
The Slab Boys (5)