The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Apr 15 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| — I, King of Wessex from 866 to 871 |
ETHELRED |
| — upon Dearne, small town north of Rotherham |
WATH |
| — Way, Roman road from Lincoln to Exeter |
FOSSE |
| 1952 film starring Charlie Chaplin |
LIMELIGHT |
| As much as a large tea container will hold |
URNFUL |
| Baron Wilson of — |
RIEVAULX |
| Brownish-purple or deep purplish-pink |
PUCE |
| Chemical vessel used in distillation |
CUCURBIT |
| Christmas in Christmas cards perhaps |
NOWELL |
| Drifting organisms in the sea |
PLANKTON |
| Ella –, 1917-96, US jazz singer |
FITZGERALD |
| Fictitious city of gold |
ELDORADO |
| Gare du –, station in Paris |
NORD |
| Greek poet c310-c250BC, creator of ancient bucolic poetry |
THEOCRITUS |
| Hereditary particle Darwin postulated in his theory of pangenesis |
GEMMULE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Lady’s name from a Germanic source |
YVETTE |
| Latin name for Switzerland |
HELVETIA |
| Lion-tailed macaque of India |
WANDEROO |
| Member of a nomadic Berber people in the Sahara Desert |
TUAREG |
| Oratorio by Sir Michael Tippett (1,5,2,3,4) |
ACHILDOFOURTIME |
| Part of graph along which x-coordinate is plotted |
XAXIS |
| Plant of the ginger family used as a dye |
TURMERIC |
| Relating to funeral processions |
EXEQUIAL |
| Scottish word for a tumult or disturbance |
STRAMASH |
| Slang expression for television |
IDIOTBOX |
| Street in London between Aldwych and High Holborn |
DRURYLANE |
| Title applied by Christians to Jesus |
SAVIOUR |
| Unit equivalent to one eighth of the sky area |
OCTA |
| Welsh pop singer with hit ‘It’s Not Unusual’ in 1965 |
TOMJONES |