The Telegraph – GK CROSSWORD NO: 545 – Apr 1 2019 Crossword Solution
The Telegraph – GK CROSSWORD NO: 545 – Apr 1 2019 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘She’s Leaving Home’, a 1988 chart-topping single by Billy — | BRAGG |
| — Edwards, vaudeville performer and film actor (1883-1965) | NEELY |
| — MacDowell, actress who played Carrie in the 1994 film ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ | ANDIE |
| — Wall, a Roman fortification extending between the River Clyde and the Firth of Forth | ANTONINE |
| 1939 anti-war novel by Dalton Trumbo | JOHNNYGOTHISGUN |
| 1961 religious epic film starring Anthony Quinn | BARABBAS |
| 1979 film starring Mel Gibson | MADMAX |
| 2011 film directed by Aaron Rottinghaus | APART |
| Bellini opera | NORMA |
| Body of water south of the Adriatic | IONIANSEA |
| Book of the Old Testament | NAHUM |
| Class of spirits in Muslim theology and folklore, assuming various shapes | DJINN |
| David –, Bishop of Liverpool who had played cricket for Sussex and England | SHEPPARD |
| Edible sea fish of Australia, red in colour with large prominent eyes | NANNYGAI |
| Family of Italian violin makers | AMATI |
| Island formerly known as Formosa | TAIWAN |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Keane album | STRANGELAND |
| Laurence –, author of the novel ‘Tristram Shandy’ | STERNE |
| Liberal Buddhist school of Tibet, China, and Japan | MAHAYANA |
| Longest river in Ireland | SHANNON |
| Major ski resort in Switzerland | GSTAAD |
| Merv –, creator of the game shows ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ | GRIFFIN |
| Monsieur –, character created by Jacques Tati for a series of films in the 1950s and 1960s | HULOT |
| Name of eight Seleucid kings | ANTIOCHUS |
| Novel by Leo Tolstoy | WARANDPEACE |
| Novel by Richard Ford; film starring Kathleen Quinlan | INDEPENDENCEDAY |
| Pop and Ma –, characters in H.E. Bates’s ‘The Darling Buds of May’ | LARKIN |
| Robert –, American explorer | PEARY |
| Third month of the French Revolutionary calendar | FRIMAIRE |
| Victorian card game | OLDMAID |
| William Randolph –, American newspaper magnate | HEARST |
