General knowledge crossword
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1 Branch of medicine concerned
with the eye (13)
8 Railway station north of Ardlui
(11)
15 Cord made by twisting rope
strands together (4,4)
16 What AF means in photography
(9)
17 Scotland’s Auld Alliance partner
(6)
18 Workplaces where employees
are exploited (10)
19 Type of spruce (5)
20 Person who criticises or opposes
something (8)
21 His best friend is Obelix (7)
22 Part of shoe or boot (5,4)
24 Region including China (3,4)
28 Power station inside one of the
5dn (8)
30 Adjective, spending much time
sitting (9)
32 Meaning of G in GPS (6)
34 Athens garden where Aristotle
taught (6)
36 Dead ----, navigational method
(9)
38 ---- Brae in Ayrshire, provides
optical illusion (8)
39 The ----, 43ac’s oldest tourna
ment (4)
41 ---- language, e.g. Italian (7)
42 Sisters of parents or wives of
uncles (7)
43 Sport governed by the R&A (4) 44 Person from country whose cap
ital is Asmara (8)
45 Member of ancient Hebrew
nation (9)
46 Extra race to decide winner (3-3) 48 Dr Henry ----, Robert Louis Ste
venson character (6)
49 Arm of Mediterranean between
Greece and Turkey (6,3)
51 Bird often called stuckie in Scot
land (8)
53 Baseball equivalent of bowler (7) 55 Territory ruled by archduke or
archduchess (9)
58 SAS is ---- Air Service (7)
62 Place serving Spanish snacks
(5,3)
64 ---- Boyack, Labour MSP (5)
66 Nickname for Edinburgh (4,6)
67 Greek island whose chief town is
Mytilene (6)
68 Adjective, happening every three
years (9)
69 Contradiction or denial (8)
70 Pub in TV’s River City (3,4,4)
71 Channel between Greenland and
Iceland (7,6)
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2 Orkney island reached on world’s
shortest scheduled flight (4,7)
3 William ----, he translated Bible
into English (7)
4 Kirkcaldy- born author of The
Wealth of Nations (4,5)
5 There are 282 of these Scottish
mountains (6)
6 Intermediary or go-between (7)
7 Location of Angel of the North (9) 9 Most westerly part of Scotland
(7)
10 Area that includes Lochinver (6) 11 Name of mobile crane in Bob the
Builder (5)
12 CAMRA is the Campaign for ---
/---- (4,3)
13 Small breed of dog with long ears
(6,7)
14 Computer-generated image of
suspect (1-3)
23 Group combined to promote
common interest (9)
25 Antonym for victim (9)
26 Adjective relating to increase or
addition (11)
27 Infection spread by ticks (4,7)
29 Perthshire village and biscuit (9) 30 Endorsing a proposal (9)
31 Country east of Chile (9)
33 Shape of stop road sign (9)
35 Second-largest city in 17ac (9) 37 Fail by trying to do too much (9) 40 South African city recently
renamed Gqeberha (4,9)
47 Expression popularised by The
Krankies (11)
50 Part of Glasgow and Edinburgh
(9)
52 Plant of lily family grown for its
edible shoots (9)
54 Scots term for bad-tempered (7) 56 Composer of Tancredi opera (7) 57 City near Amsterdam (7)
59 English cathedral city near Welsh
border (7)
60 He and Cassius led plot to kill
Julius Caesar (6)
61 Queen of DunBroch in animated
film Brave (6)
63 Herb used in pesto sauce (5)
65 MacPherson’s ----, traditional
Scottish song (4)