General knowledge crossword
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ACROSS
1 Emblem on the Royal Banner of
Scotland (4,7)
7 Of which black pudding is a vari
ety (5,7)
14 Italian brand of vermouth (7)
15 Movement of an aircraft prior to
take-off or just after landing (6,3) 16 Large wardrobe or cabinet (7)
17 Anaesthetic used in childbirth (8) 18 Idiom expressing your intentions
when annoyed (4,1,4,4,2)
20 Spirit which serves Prospero in
Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (5) 22 Town which was the birthplace of
economist, Adam Smith (9)
23 Surname of the Scottish weather
presenter for BBC Breakfast (8) 25 Forest park near Loch Morlich in
the Cairngorms (8)
26 Social event celebrating a bride
to-be (3,5)
28 Delivery service company (5)
31 To gather once more (9)
34 Drink which can be made from
Bovril (4,3)
35 US city in which Bill Gates was born and is the location for Amazon HQ (7)
38 Song by Donovan which starts with the lyrics: ' I'm just mad about saffron' (6,6)
39 Wee nursery- rhyme character who runs around in his nightgown (6,6)
40 Relating to the central core of an
atom (7)
41 Summary of the proceedings of a
meeting (7)
43 Title of the Parisian landmark which appears in the title of a Victor Hugo novel (5-4)
45 Internal organs of an animal used
for food (5)
48 Type of poetry of which Edward Lear and Spike Milligan were proponents (8)
50 Dagger worn as part of the tradi
tional Highland dress (5,3)
54 Country which is directly north
west of Nicaragua (8)
55 Insult which shows irreverence
towards a deity (9)
57 Home appliance company known for vacuum cleaners and hand driers (5)
59 The fourth Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle (3,6,2,4)
60 Reference- book publisher named after a pair of brothers from Peebles (8)
63 To form a product by forcing
material out through a die (7)
64 In Christianity, the third person of
the trinity (4,5)
65 Uncontrolled longing for wealth
(7)
66 Such as 11 or 47 (12)
67 Another term for okra (5,6)
DOWN
1 The sister of Linus in the comic
strip 'Peanuts' (4)
2 A connoisseur of wine (9)
3 Forename of the leader of the expedition which successfully reached the South Pole in 1911 (5)
4 Ian Fleming book in which Sir
Hugo Drax appears (9)
5 Having sharp corners (7)
6 Common name for odontalgia (9) 7 The quality of being kind (11)
8 English translation of 43 (3,4)
9 The main resort on the Cowal
Peninsula (6)
10 Author of 'Lanark', — Gray (8) 11 Middleweight boxer from Dundee who won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (3,6)
12 Surrey town which was the location of IRA pub bombings in 1974 (9)
13 Outer covering of a vinyl disc for
storing music (6,6)
19 Song by the Fratellis, 'Chelsea
—' (6)
21 Foodfish bearing the name of a
fruit (5,4)
24 Advertising slogan (9)
27 Scots term for plimsoll shoes (7) 29 The most southerly of the Munro
peaks (3,6)
30 As one makes going up 29 (6)
32 Severe abdominal pain often
associated with infants (5)
33 Pessimistic character in the Win
nie-the-Pooh books (6)
34 Surname of the actor who played James Bond and also starred in the film 'Mamma Mia!' (7)
36 Hair accessory whose name derives from a Lewis Carroll heroine (5,4)
37 Indian dish of skewered food marinated in spices and yoghurt, cooked in a tandoor (5)
38 Indian condiment often served
with poppadums (5,7)
42 1988 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen based on a character from the TV series ' Police Squad!' (3,5,3)
44 Relating to horses (6)
46 The end of a digit of the hand (9) 47 Runner from Inverness who won gold in the 1500m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (5,4)
49 The annual final game of the NFL
season (5,4)
51 Host of the morning show on BBC Radio Scotland and former 'Loose Women' host (4,5)
52 Worthy (9)
53 Lacking an appendage common
in animals eg like a Manx cat (8) 55 Defies explanation (7)
56 Thrilled (7)
58 Small round fruit of the soapberry family used in Chinese cookery (6)
61 Deep-fried ball of battered vege
tables in Indian cuisine (5)
62 Film released in 1992 directed by
Martin Scorsese, 'Cape —' (4)