General knowledge crossword
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ACROSS
11 Edinburgh’s is between Canon
gate and Lawnmarket (4,6)
13 When Westminster bills are
examined in detail (9,5)
16 What Border reivers were skilled
at doing (7)
17 Synonym for neutral or objective
(9)
18 River Almond runs through it near
Crieff (3,4)
19 Type of electric fan (9)
20 Snow leopard (5)
21 US state whose capital is Nash
ville (9)
22 Type of surgeon (6)
24 It awards hallmarks (5,6)
26 Malaysian island and state (6)
30 Part of spacecraft (7)
32 American music magazine (9)
35 Inn in French-speaking country
(7)
37 Song contest Glasgow hopes to
host (10)
38 Object made by human being (8) 39 Loch by Glencoe and by Kinross
(5)
42 Peninsula on Skye (5)
43 Computer accessory (5,3)
44 Wagner opera (10)
46 Entrance or entering (7)
47 Women’s 1500m gold medallist at 2022 Commonwealth Games (5,4)
48 ---- owl is one with high-pitched
cry (7)
49 Person who introduces music
videos on TV (6)
51 Deficiency of water in body (11) 55 Name given to place by foreign
ers, e.g. Londres (6)
59 Italian variety of chicory (9)
61 John Logie ----, Scottish inventor
of TV (5)
62 Area that includes Peebles (9)
64 Round Table’s noblest knight (7) 65 Very sweet variety of plum (9)
66 Meaning of Scots word kyle (7) 67 It connects calf muscles to heel
(8,6)
68 Archie ----, football broadcaster
and author (10)
DOWN
1 He didn’t finish The Mystery of
Edwin Drood (7,7)
2 Country park and ruined castle
near Irvine (8)
3 Warship (7)
4 They engage in sport etc part
time for pay (4-4)
5 Resort on Bay of Naples (8)
6 Exhibition held in Glasgow in
1938 (6)
7 Dunfermline ---- F.C. (8)
8 Doris ----, English novelist (7)
9 Another name for Greek goddess
Athena (6)
10 Massif between Loch Maree and
Glen Torridon (5,5)
12 MV Loch ----, Largs-Cumbrae
ferry (5)
14 Breed of cat (7)
15 Adjective for primate’s thumb (9) 23 Latin name for brandy, whisky etc
(4,5)
25 Hugh ----, Scottish founder of
retail chain (6)
27 French term for ambitious person
(9)
28 Quality associated with Eeyore in
Winnie-the-Pooh (9)
29 Castle of Mey is in this historic
county (9)
31 It’s also called mackerel shark (9) 32 Fuel produced from organic mat
ter (7)
33 ---- Dickson, Scottish singer (7) 34 Inadvertent period of silence dur
ing broadcast (4,3)
36 ---- Lestrange, Harry Potter
antagonist (9)
40 England’s most northerly county
(14)
41 John Swinney is Nicola Stur
geon’s (6)
45 Adjective relating to imprison
ment (9)
46 Northern end of Loch Lomond &
Cowal Way (10)
50 It’s subject to minimum unit pric
ing in Scotland (7)
52 Synonym for lengthen (8)
53 Welsh horse goddess (8)
54 Another phrase for en route
(2,3,3)
56 The ---- of You, song covered by
Norah Jones etc (8)
57 Informal term for rhododendrons
(7)
58 An object of perception (7)
60 Ancient Greek city on slopes of
Mount Parnassus (6)
61 US aircraft manufacturer (6)
63 Male duck (5)