The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Apr 22 2018 Crossword Solution
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— dumpling, suet pudding steamed or boiled in a cloth |
CLOOTIE |
— flop, method of high jumping |
FOSBURY |
— mortis, stiffness of a dead body |
RIGOR |
Beam in the roof |
RAFTER |
Chuck –, first pilot to break sound barrier |
YEAGER |
Drug used in treating ulcers |
ZANTAC |
Eight-day Jewish festival |
PASSOVER |
Exercises conducted to Latin-American dance music |
ZUMBA |
Fortified town in Jamaica at entrance to Kingston harbour |
PORTROYAL |
Health resort in North Island, New Zealand |
ROTORUA |
James Joseph Jacques –, French painter and etcher |
TISSOT |
Largest Mediterranean island |
SICILY |
Location of Monet’s Gardens north-west of Paris |
GIVERNY |
Manage with what is available |
MAKEDO |
Mike –, England cricket captain from 1993 to 1998 |
ATHERTON |
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Person who stays up very late |
NIGHTOWL |
Picture of the firmament |
SKYSCAPE |
Region of north-east Spain with strong separatist tradition |
CATALONIA |
Roman Catholic service of evensong |
VESPERS |
Royalist in English Civil War |
CAVALIER |
Safety light used in coalmines |
DAVYLAMP |
Scottish Celtic rock group with minor hits in 1990s |
RUNRIG |
Setting for R. D. Blackmore’s ‘Lorna Doone’ |
EXMOOR |
Ski resort in Swiss canton of Graubunden |
KLOSTERS |
Small bushy-tailed rodent |
SQUIRREL |
Tiny air-sacs in the lungs |
ALVEOLI |
Two lovers in a prose idyll attributed to Greek author Longus |
DAPHNISANDCHLOE |
Wart e.g., horny growth over one’s skin |
Keratosis |
Wealthy people who travel frequently for pleasure |
THEJETSET |