The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Apr 3 2016 Crossword Solution
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Answers |
— Carpenter, sister in the duo |
KAREN |
Behaviour of a buffoon |
ZANYISM |
City at confluence of Rivers Rhine and Neckar in south-west Germany |
MANNHEIM |
Dark grey rain-bearing cloud |
NIMBUS |
Design showing relative positions |
LAYOUT |
Dull, pedantic, learned person from character in Sir Walter Scott’s novels |
DRYASDUST |
Easily accomplished task |
CAKEWALK |
Emphatic expression of denial |
NOFEAR |
English motor racing driver, 1947-93, world champion in 1976 |
JAMESHUNT |
Hue named after a yellow flower |
JONQUIL |
In Ecuador, it’s the world’s highest active volcano |
COTOPAXI |
In the greatest degree |
UTMOST |
Intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road |
CAMBRIDGECIRCUS |
Jacques –, 1910-97, French underwater explorer |
COUSTEAU |
Karl Guthe –, 1905-50, US electrical engineer |
JANSKY |
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Answers |
Make something more lively |
JAZZUP |
Male pantomime character |
PIERROT |
Manual labourer in a ship’s crew |
DECKHAND |
Member of an international association of professionals and businessmen |
ROTARIAN |
Method of establishing a selling price in which an agreed percentage is added |
COSTPLUS |
Of the plot, not convincingly developed |
WAFERTHIN |
Person specialising in auditory work |
OTOLOGIST |
Relating to or caused by motion |
KINETIC |
Shackle for making a horse walk slowly |
TRAMMEL |
Struggle in a twisted or contorted motion |
SQUIRM |
Temperature which is below freezing point |
SUBZERO |
Thin fragment or slice |
SLIVER |
Trigonometrical function of an angle |
COSEC |
Valve which regulates fuel supplied to an engine |
THROTTLE |