The Telegraph – General Knowledge – Jul 29 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘– Is My Washpot’, autobiography by Stephen Fry |
MOAB |
| 1932 WWI romantic drama film starring Gary Cooper |
AFAREWELLTOARMS |
| 1939 period romantic drama film starring Vivien Leigh |
GONEWITHTHEWIND |
| Airport in West Sussex near Crawley |
GATWICK |
| Angle between leaf and stem |
AXIL |
| Author of ‘The Moon and Sixpence’ |
MAUGHAM |
| Boris –, chess world champion in 1969 |
SPASSKY |
| Capital of Belarus |
MINSK |
| Capital of Brandenburg state in Germany |
POTSDAM |
| City near border with Portugal in south-west Spain |
BADAJOZ |
| Claude –, 1862-1918, French composer |
DEBUSSY |
| Dish made of thin fillets of usually chicken |
KIEV |
| Emil –, Czech athlete, gold medallist |
ZATOPEK |
| Former name of Belize |
BRITISHHONDURAS |
| Hypothetical explosion some believe to be the origin of the universe |
BIGBANG |
| Jimmy –, US tennis player |
CONNORS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Johannes –, c1260-c1327, German theologian and mystic |
ECKHART |
| Josiah –, 1754-1827, English potter |
SPODE |
| Long-running comic strip in ‘The Beano’ |
DENNISTHEMENACE |
| Mary –, fashion designer mainly in 1960s |
QUANT |
| Old-fashioned word for lead |
PLUMBUM |
| Pendulous double chin |
JOWL |
| Prefix from German denoting an archetypal example |
UBER |
| Ralph Waldo –, US poet |
EMERSON |
| RC canonical hour taking place at sixth hour of the day, i.e. midday |
SEXT |
| Rev Wilbert –, author of ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ books |
AWDRY |
| Royal or state treasury |
FISC |
| Series of 30 requiem masses in RC church |
TRENTAL |
| Small indefinite quantity |
MODICUM |
| Theatres for musical concerts in ancient Greece and Rome |
ODEA |
| Thickened, separated into lumps |
CURDLED |
| UK government initiative for employment in 1998 |
NEWDEAL |