The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Mar 18 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| — 500, annual US motor race |
INDY |
| 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray |
VANITYFAIR |
| Borussia –, German football club in the Bundesliga |
MONCHENGLADBACH |
| Clothing that protects wearer against physical effects of nuclear weapons |
NODDYSUIT |
| Dull yellowish-brown uniform colour |
KHAKI |
| English composer of the ‘Sea Symphony’ |
VAUGHANWILLIAMS |
| Extensive grassy plains |
STEPPES |
| Flying mammal of the suborder Megacheiroptera |
FRUITBAT |
| George Clooney’s wife, a barrister |
AMAL |
| Greek heroine in the ‘Odyssey’ |
NAUSICAA |
| Intelligence quotient questions |
IQTEST |
| Legendary Jewish heroine in an apocryphal book of the same name |
JUDITH |
| Medieval wandering musician |
MINSTREL |
| National Park in Tanzania |
SERENGETI |
| Of an element highly resistant to corrosion |
ZIRCONIC |
| Clues |
Answers |
| One who creates objects from wrought iron or steel |
BLACKSMITH |
| Order of insects with four transparent wings |
HYMENOPTERA |
| Pointed instrument for boring small holes |
AWL |
| Provided with insufficient money |
UNDERFUNDED |
| Rich ice cream flavoured with dessert or fortified wine |
TORTONI |
| Rita –, 1918-87, US actress and dancer |
HAYWORTH |
| Shown on television |
SCREENED |
| St –, King of East Anglia from c855 to c870 |
EDMUND |
| Stiff bristle of barley |
AWN |
| Thin layer on surface of liquid |
SKIM |
| Third son of Adam and Eve |
SETH |
| Town on northern shore of lake of the same name in southern Switzerland |
LUGANO |
| US inventor of the phonograph |
EDISON |
| West African guitar |
SANCHO |
| Wooden Turkish sailing boat |
GULET |