The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Jan 3 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| — -Japanese war in 1904-1905 |
RUSSO |
| 1945 romantic drama film starring Trevor Howard |
BRIEFENCOUNTER |
| Arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey |
AEGEANSEA |
| Capital of Bahrain |
MANAMA |
| Cornish village or Scottish golf course |
TROON |
| Dissident Soviet citizen (alternative spelling) |
REFUSNIK |
| Dried berry on Sumatran climbing pepper shrub |
CUBEB |
| Family of Asian languages |
ALTAIC |
| Famous school in a town near Windsor |
ETON |
| Forecaster who studies planetary movements |
ASTROLOGER |
| Henri — – –, 1908-2004, French photographer |
CARTIERBRESSON |
| Island in San Francisco Bay with a prison until 1963 |
ALCATRAZ |
| Latin translation of �Behold the man� in John 19:5 |
ECCEHOMO |
| Marine bivalve with fluted fan-shaped shell |
ESCALLOP |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| Medicinal preparation used as a purgative |
EPSOMSALTS |
| Memento of success |
TROPHY |
| Muscular strength |
BEEF |
| Nikolai — – –, 1844-1908, Russian composer |
RIMSKYKORSAKOV |
| Of a rock having no perceptible base |
SUBJACENT |
| Of nose, turned up at the end |
RETROUSSE |
| One who stares and gapes |
GAWK |
| Opinion formed without proof |
CONJECTURE |
| Part of building directly under the roof |
ATTIC |
| Shaped like a feather |
PENNIFORM |
| Shortened word for a public showing |
EXPO |
| Wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda in Greek mythology |
CASSIOPEIA |
| Wine bottle holding equivalent of 20 normal bottles |
NEBUCHADNEZZAR |
| Without a like, unparalleled |
UNIQUE |