The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Jul 29 2018 Crossword Solution

The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Jul 29 2018 Crossword Solution

Clues Answers
‘– Is My Washpot’, autobiography by Stephen Fry MOAB
1932 WWI romantic drama film starring Gary Cooper AFAREWELLTOARMS
1939 period romantic drama film starring Vivien Leigh GONEWITHTHEWIND
Airport in West Sussex near Crawley GATWICK
Angle between leaf and stem AXIL
Author of ‘The Moon and Sixpence’ MAUGHAM
Boris –, chess world champion in 1969 SPASSKY
Capital of Belarus MINSK
Capital of Brandenburg state in Germany POTSDAM
City near border with Portugal in south-west Spain BADAJOZ
Claude –, 1862-1918, French composer DEBUSSY
Dish made of thin fillets of usually chicken KIEV
Emil –, Czech athlete, gold medallist ZATOPEK
Former name of Belize BRITISHHONDURAS
Hypothetical explosion some believe to be the origin of the universe BIGBANG
Jimmy –, US tennis player CONNORS
Clues Answers
Johannes –, c1260-c1327, German theologian and mystic ECKHART
Josiah –, 1754-1827, English potter SPODE
Long-running comic strip in ‘The Beano’ DENNISTHEMENACE
Mary –, fashion designer mainly in 1960s QUANT
Old-fashioned word for lead PLUMBUM
Pendulous double chin JOWL
Prefix from German denoting an archetypal example UBER
Ralph Waldo –, US poet EMERSON
RC canonical hour taking place at sixth hour of the day, i.e. midday SEXT
Rev Wilbert –, author of ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ books AWDRY
Royal or state treasury FISC
Series of 30 requiem masses in RC church TRENTAL
Small indefinite quantity MODICUM
Theatres for musical concerts in ancient Greece and Rome ODEA
Thickened, separated into lumps CURDLED
UK government initiative for employment in 1998 NEWDEAL

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