The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 581 - Dec 9 2019

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'A Romany Life', the autobiography of Gipsy -- (1859?-1957) PETULENGRO
1986 film directed by David Lynch BLUEVELVET
A blue feldspathoid mineral found in igneous rock HAUYNE
A leading resort on the French Riviera NICE
A nettle that yields a flax-like fibre URTICA
Alan --, actor who played Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H ALDA
An underside plate on a serpent's tail UROSTEGITE
Basic monetary unit of Lesotho LOTI
Betty --, Australian athlete who won four Olympic gold medals CUTHBERT
City in northern Austria on the River Danube LINZ
Device for assessing the strength of gunpowder EPROUVETTE
Extinct Semitic language of northern Syria UGARITIC
French town on the River Escaut; a flat bobbin lace VALENCIENNES
Game for very young children BOPEEP
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Hard Italian cheese, often served grated PARMESAN
In ancient Egypt, a sacred bull worshipped at Memphis APIS
In geology, relating to the second epoch of the Tertiary period EOCENE
In Greek mythology, one of the three Graces AGLAIA
In Zen Buddhism, a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment SATORI
Javanese instrument for applying hot wax in batik work TJANTING
Judith --, a character in Stella Gibbon's novel 'Cold Comfort Farm' STARKADDER
Ludwig --, philosopher born in Vienna (1889-1951) WITTGENSTEIN
Nicholas --, English herbalist and astronomer (1616-54) CULPEPER
Roy Orbison album REGENERATION
Story by Paul Gallico THESNOWGOOSE
Structure forming the entrance to a temple PROPYLON
The short tail of a hare, rabbit, or deer SCUT
The study of the influence of soil on living things, especially plants EDAPHOLOGY