General knowledge crossword
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ACROSS
1 Idiom meaning to become
overly agitated (3,4,8,2,1,5)
14 Quilt stuffed with duck feathers (9)
15 Mannequins (7)
16 Piece of territory entirely surrounded by a foreign one (7)
17 Aberdeenshire town where the deep-fried Mars Bar is purported to originate from (10)
18 Oscar-winning 1992 film set in the Troubles of Northern Ireland (3,6,4)
20 Past the date expected (7)
22 Narrow coastal bay (3,4)
23 Understand a way something is done (dishonestly, say) (3,4,2)
24 Black eye (6)
27 Hinder (6)
28 The national airline of Russia (8)
31 Connoisseur of wine (9)
32 American company known for manufacture of tyres and airships (8)
34 1000 kilograms (5)
36 Walter Scott’s third Waverley novel based around an amateur historian (3,9)
37 Italian restaurant chain which sponsors Livingston F.C. (4,8) 40 Album released by
Madonna in 2000 (5)
41 Large traditional sailing vessel (4,4)
43 Expression meaning to increase the demands or risk of a situation (2,3,4)
45 Clan associated with Orkney (8)
47 Black suit in cards (6)
48 State in which Las Vegas is located (6)
52 Program that sets up software on a computer (9)
54 Type of music; adversary in BBC’s Gladiators (7)
55 Hormone produced in the pancreas (7)
57 Measurements of mass of elemental particles (6,7)
58 Perfumed lotion used by men (10)
61 Confinement during
childbirth (5-2)
62 Hungarian stew seasoned with paprika (7)
63 Glasgow theatre (1973-87) once located in Renfield Street (3,6)
64 What GPS, used in navigation, stands for (6,11,6) DOWN 1 Be lenient with (2,4,2)
2 Larva of a frog (7)
3 Audacity (5)
4 As is measure by gigabytes,
for example (7)
5 Type of verse in which
Edward Lear specialised (8) 6 Cipher (4)
7 Daughter of Phyllida Law who won an Oscar for best actress in ‘Howards End’ (1992) (4,8)
8 The meaning of carpe diem (5,3,3)
9 Informal term for handkerchiefs (4,4)
10 Term for the Jacobite uprising initiated by John Erskine (based on the year) (3,7)
11 Disguised (9)
12 Sweet food associated with Tunnock’s (7)
13 ‘The –’, 1985 film sequel to ‘Romancing the Stone’ (5,2,3,4)
19 Surname of the author of the 1951 book ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ (8)
21 Words printed on the guide of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ (4,5)
25 Shirley –, Scots actress who portrayed Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter franchise of films (9)
26 Dried grape (6)
29 Where Cain was exiled in the Old Testament (4,2,3)
30 Misty appearance in space produced by a group of stars (6)
31 Looking on the bright side (14)
33 Place of refuge (6)
34 Parts of plants used for making popular hot beverages (3,6)
35 Surname of the actor who played James Bond in ‘The Living Daylights’ (6)
38 Contrary (8)
39 Expression meaning things have been set in motion irrevocably (3,3,2,4)
42 Supernatural beings of
Irish folklore (11)
44 Subject of a hugely disappointing ‘immersive experience’ recently in Glasgow (5,5)
46 Party for someone moving to another job (7,2)
49 For which a tea towel is used (6-2)
50 Small pieces of paper thrown at weddings (8)
51 Chamber leading to a larger one (8)
53 Harsh sounds from someone asleep (7)
55 Lettuce high in water content compared to other types (7)
56 Single sheet of paper used for advertising, e.g. (7)
59 Overly sentimental (5)
60 State in which Cincinnati is located (4)