The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Jan 10 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| — Berlin, US composer born in Belarus |
IRVING |
| — corda, indication to pianists to use soft pedal |
UNA |
| — du peuple, friend of the people |
AMI |
| — Friedman, American economist |
MILTON |
| African bird which is very destructive to crops |
Quelea |
| Amphitheatre in ancient Rome |
CIRCUSMAXIMUS |
| Charlie –,1889-1977, comedian |
CHAPLIN |
| Coarse sandstone from a county in northern England used for polishing |
YORKSHIREGRIT |
| Fleshy substance surrounding bases of teeth |
GUM |
| Genus of mushrooms that includes the fly agaric |
AMANITA |
| Give and take mutually |
EXCHANGE |
| Glassy volcanic rock |
OBSIDIAN |
| Highest mountain on the island of Crete |
IDA |
| Large North American wading bird |
WILLET |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| Offensively boastful person |
BRAGGART |
| Person born in a particular place |
NATIVE |
| Person from Warsaw perhaps |
POLANDER |
| Preservative found in oceanic water |
SEASALT |
| Protection of computers and networks |
CYBERSECURITY |
| Retired title, especially for a professor |
EMERITUS |
| Roman poet, author of ‘Ars Poetica’ |
HORACE |
| Scale for the force or tornados |
FUJITA |
| Short squat gun |
HOWITZER |
| Sir Harry –, one of ‘The Goons’ |
SECOMBE |
| To do with anything offered in worship |
OBLATORY |
| Vast treeless zone having a permanent frozen subsoil |
TUNDRA |
| Vita — – –, 1892-1962, English author |
SACKVILLEWEST |
| Welsh dandy, arbiter of fashion and etiquette in early Georgian age |
BEAUNASH |