The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Apr 10 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| — O’Brien, Irish novelist, short-story writer and playwright |
EDNA |
| — Winfrey, TV chat show host |
OPRAH |
| 1950s English glamour model who starred in ‘Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s’ |
SABRINA |
| 1975 hit for Abba (1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2) |
IDOIDOIDOIDOIDO |
| Archaic word meaning afloat |
ASWIM |
| Biblical city near the Dead Sea |
JERICHO |
| Book of eight parallel texts |
OCTAPLA |
| Charon ferries souls of the dead across this river in Hades |
STYX |
| Disease caused by lack of vitamin D |
RICKETS |
| Edible sugary substance from cocoons of Asian beetles |
TREHALA |
| Electrical discharge between atmosphere and something on the ground |
LIGHTNINGSTRIKE |
| Fleshy excrescence arising from connective tissue |
SARCOMA |
| French battle of 1590 |
IVRY |
| Henrik –, Norwegian dramatist who wrote ‘A Doll’s House’ |
IBSEN |
| Leading player |
STAR |
| Magic –, US basketball player |
JOHNSON |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Medical word for fever |
PYREXIA |
| Merchant vessel with concealed guns |
QBOAT |
| Mixture of vapours produced by distillation and used for heating and lighting |
COALGAS |
| Oil squeezed from peel |
ZEST |
| Optical instrument launched into orbit round earth in 1990 |
HUBBLETELESCOPE |
| River flowing along Polish-German border |
ODER |
| Scottish outlaw, 1671-1734 |
ROBERTMACGREGOR |
| Seminary for the training of rabbis |
YESHIVA |
| Sir Edmund –, 1919-2008, New Zealand mountaineer |
HILLARY |
| Small island near Oban |
KERRERA |
| Something regarded as fashionable by a particular group |
CULT |
| Town west of Harrow |
RUISLIP |
| Villein in medieval Europe |
SERF |
| Warm dry wind blowing down eastern side of the Rockies |
CHINOOK |
| William –, 1778-1830, English essayist |
HAZLITT |
| Windhoek is the capital of this African country |
NAMIBIA |
