General knowledge crossword
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1 Type of exercise such as running
or swimming (7)
5 Slioch mountain towers above it
(4,5)
10 ---- Mystery Tour, Beatles film (7) 14 Formal term for poverty-stricken
(9)
15 Scots word for fight (5)
16 Saw-edged condition (9)
17 Swiss dish of grated potato (5) 18 Type of medium-dry sherry (11) 19 On land, not at sea (7)
20 Its football club are "The Red
Lichties" (8)
22 Japanese carved toggle (7)
23 Wind instrument (8)
26 ---- Murray, first Scotswoman to
stand for parliament (6)
28 Pedal in motor vehicle (11)
30 Hoist by one's own ---- (6)
34 Person from most easterly island
in Aegean (7)
35 Exposed part of rock formation
(7)
37 Architectural style of Glasgow
University's main building (3-6) 40 Scottish runner who is men's
1500m world champion (4,8)
41 Location of Scotland's latest Big
Noise children's orchestra (6,6) 43 Timing device that uses sand (9) 44 Former kingdom of Germany (7) 45 You can do this in football, hock
ey and basketball (7)
46 High-protein pulse (6)
48 Branch of physics dealing with
measurement of temperature (11) 50 Phrase describing pawned
goods (2,4)
54 Eilish and Liz ----, both 10,000m Commonwealth gold medallists (8)
56 Antwerp's river (7)
58 Glasgow's main library (8)
62 Scots word for shake (7)
63 Synonym for countless (11)
64 ---- Craig, islet off Ayrshire coast
(5)
66 Adjective, relating to joints (9)
67 Large farm in N. America or Aus
tralia (5)
68 Scottish ferry port for N. Ireland
(9)
69 Way of playing last few tricks in
bridge (7)
70 They can be found at, e.g., Troon
and Carnoustie (4,5)
71 ---- fibre, aka roughage (7)
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1 Artificial sweetener (9)
2 Letters from ancient Germanic
alphabet (5)
3 Mexican dish (7)
4 Firth in northern Scotland (8)
5 Person who grants a lease (6)
6 Coffee pot with plunger (9)
7 Location of Pentland Skerries
lighthouse (6,6)
8 It included Frank Sinatra and
Sammy Davis Jr. (3,4)
9 Southern terminus of West Coast
Main Line (6)
10 Small S. American monkey (8) 11 He was PM four times (9)
12 Hymn tune named after Aber
deenshire village (7)
13 Type of owl (4-5)
21 1314 battle near Stirling (11)
24 Dance whose name is German
for Scottish (11)
25 Scots term for small landowner
(6,5)
27 Synonym for chat (7)
29 In computing, very small applica
tions (7)
31 Drink made with whisky, honey
and oatmeal (6,5)
32 Another name for takin, Himala
yan mammal (3,4)
33 Fellow socialist or communist (7) 34 Indian prince or king (5)
36 Person who catches animals for
their fur (7)
38 A formal speech (7)
39 Hereditary Hindu class (5)
42 Rail freight facility at Mossend, N.
Lanarkshire (12)
46 Encrustation caused by hard
water (9)
47 Synonym for irrational (9)
49 Opiate-like substance produced
by brain and pituitary gland (9) 51 Town in Co. Kerry, Ireland (9)
52 Clyde-based paddle steamer (8) 53 The ----, Stravinsky ballet (8)
55 ---- cream, often spread on
scones (7)
57 Meaning of Ctrl on keyboard (7) 59 Scots word for little finger (7)
60 Roustabout's workplace (3,3)
61 Counting frame (6)
65 1970s hit for Derek and the Dom
inos (5)