The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Mar 11 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| 1986 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger |
RAWDEAL |
| Adorn as if by gems |
BEJEWEL |
| Borough on mainland of New York City |
BRONX |
| Capital of Nova Scotia |
HALIFAX |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1989 to 1990 |
MAJOR |
| Economist who wrote ‘An Essay on the Principle of Population’ |
MALTHUS |
| Entertainment industry |
SHOWBIZ |
| Fleshy excrescence arising from connective tissue |
SARCOMA |
| French writer 1740-1814, who wrote works of sexual fantasy |
MARQUISDESADE |
| Genus of plants including the Californian poppy |
ESCHSCHOLTZIA |
| Gingili used in salads, cooking etc |
SESAMEOIL |
| Harold –, 1893-1950, English political scientist |
LASKI |
| Indicator of prices on Hong Kong Stock Exchange |
HANGSENGINDEX |
| Inner curved ridge of the external ear |
ANTIHELIX |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Italian astronomer who perfected the refracting telescope |
GALILEO |
| Japanese dish of rice and raw fish |
SUSHI |
| Knight of the Holy Grail |
LOHENGRIN |
| Knocked down onto the ground |
FLOORED |
| Make cheerful and happy |
GLADDEN |
| More wicked, worse |
EVILLER |
| Of the body’s longest nerve |
SCIATIC |
| One of a body of lancers in the Polish army |
UHLAN |
| Period from conception to birth |
GESTATION |
| Person who operates an aircraft |
AVIATOR |
| Printer’s devil |
RALPH |
| Rapid transmission of news in primitive communities |
BUSHTELEGRAPH |
| Salts of a crystalline acid with strong oxidising properties |
IODATES |
| Ship’s doctor |
SURGEON |