The Telegraph – General Knowledge – May 6 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| — Verdi, 1813-1901, Italian composer |
GIUSEPPE |
| Brightest star in the constellation Lyra |
VEGA |
| Corpse reanimated by sorcery |
ZOMBIE |
| Cylindrical paper containing coins |
ROULEAU |
| English dramatist, author of the farce ‘Dandy Dick’ |
PINERO |
| English Heritage property near Rushton in Northamptonshire |
TRIANGULARLODGE |
| Flavoured white wine |
VERMOUTH |
| Fly whose larva produces swelling on back of bull or cow |
OXWARBLE |
| Human sight without any aid |
NAKEDEYE |
| In darts the line behind which players must stand |
OCHE |
| Indirect remark usually carrying a suggestion of impropriety |
INNUENDO |
| Levy on fossil fuels |
CARBONTAX |
| Male inhabitant of the Philippines |
FILIPINO |
| Maori Ceremonial war dance |
HAKA |
| Moisturising extract made from leaves of a Mediterranean plant |
ALOEVERA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| National museum and art gallery in Paris |
LOUVRE |
| One of seven hills on which ancient Rome was built |
QUIRINAL |
| One who fraudulently converts money for their own use |
EMBEZZLER |
| Orthorhombic rock-forming mineral |
OLIVINE |
| Phileas –, he travelled ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’ |
FOGG |
| Place for take-off |
AIRFIELD |
| Samuel Butler’s metrical burlesque on the Puritans |
HUDIBRAS |
| Seemingly, as it were |
QUASI |
| Shallow lake in the Netherlands formed by building of a dam across the old Zuider Zee |
IJSSELMEER |
| Strong alcoholic drink |
LIQUOR |
| Thief who enters through a window or skylight |
CATBURGLAR |
| This ‘Island’ is the smallest US state |
RHODE |
| Traditional French stew |
POTAUFEU |
| Women’s underwear |
LINGERIE |
