The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Jun 3 2018 Crossword Solution
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1926 novel by Sinclair Lewis awarded Pulitzer Prize |
ARROWSMITH |
1980 hit for Olivia Newton-John |
XANADU |
Ahab’s successor who slew Jezebel |
JEHU |
Capital of Alberta, Canada |
EDMONTON |
Ceremonial staff of office |
MACE |
Deny any connection with |
DISOWN |
Female character in the pantomime ‘Aladdin’ |
WIDOWTWANKEY |
Football club based in Amsterdam |
AJAX |
Make progress through the water |
SWIM |
Mammals without teeth |
EDENTATA |
Member of an organisation for girls |
BROWNIEGUIDE |
Parish about four miles north-east of Cambridge |
STOWCUMQUY |
Part of speech, a ‘doing word’ |
VERB |
Pit with a vertical stake in the middle |
TROUDELOUP |
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Answers |
Poetic name for a district of Greece |
ARCADY |
Province in north-east South Africa |
KwaZuluNatal |
River rising in central Ethiopia |
BLUENILE |
Rock hollow in desert area in Australia possibly containing water |
GNAMMAHOLE |
Scottish general and companion of Macbeth |
BANQUO |
Secret Greek Cypriot organisation |
EOKA |
Sir Anthony –, 1913-89, actor and theatrical producer |
QUAYLE |
South African wind named because it was believed to blow germs away |
CAPEDOCTOR |
State of quiet restfulness |
REPOSE |
Tashkent is the capital of this Asian country |
UZBEKISTAN |
Thresher, large long-tailed voracious fish |
Foxshark |
Title character in Bram Stoker’s gothic terror novel |
COUNTDRACULA |
Town in Blaenau Gwent county borough |
EBBWVALE |
Twining woody climbing-plant of genus of the same name |
WISTERIA |