The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,293 - Sep 10 2017

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-- -wood, species of catalpa SHAWNEE
-- Andrews, comic strip character ARCHIE
-- Castle, legendary birthplace of King Arthur TINTAGEL
Abbreviation for computer with less complex instruction architecture RISC
Breed of cattle originally from northern Italy PIEMONTESE
Brightest star in constellation Aquila ALTAIR
City in south-west South Sudan YEI
Desmond --, South African archbishop TUTU
Developed from r'n'r, it has a strong beat ROCKMUSIC
Extraordinary achievement (from French) SUCCESFOU
Industrial city in north-west France RENNES
ITV detective drama from 1994 to 1998 CADFAEL
Jar used as a condenser of electricity LEYDEN
Living being with computer implants or mechanical body parts in science fiction CYBORG
Long, boring, seemingly pointless exercise PALAVER
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Name of the golf club at St Andrews ROYALANDANCIENT
Near Inverness, site of the last pitched battle on British soil CULLODEN
Novel by Stella Gibbons COLDCOMFORTFARM
Object or event that causes a response STIMULUS
Old kingdom in central and southern England MERCIA
Person of Latin American descent in USA HISPANIC
Printing type without projections finishing off strokes SANSERIF
Richard --, 1618-57, English Cavalier poet LOVELACE
Ring-shaped structure ANNULUS
River flowing through Bangkok CHAOPHRAYA
Roman Catholic diocese of Rome HOLYSEE
Sebastian --, athlete COE
Von --, family in 'The Sound of Music' TRAPP
Woman told to get her gun in the musical ANNIE
Yuri --, in 1961 he made the first manned space flight GAGARIN