The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,452 - Sep 27 2020

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'-- il Penseroso ed il Moderato', dramatic oratorio by Handel (1'7) LALLEGRO
Aloft, in heaven ONHIGH
Bookcase without legs CREDENZA
British prime minister who was assassinated in 1812 SPENCERPERCEVAL
Capsules that open by a transverse circular split PYXIDIA
Dame -- Fonteyn, 1919-91, English ballerina MARGOT
Design or symbol on a manufactured article MOTIF
Erik Alfred Leslie --, 1866-1925, French composer SATIE
Extinct wild ass QUAGGA
Film or play with songs MUSICAL
Former Indian Prime Minister NEHRU
Greg --, Canadian-born English tennis player RUSEDSKI
Guitar-based music of the 1990s BRITPOP
Hebridean island between North Uist and South Uist BENBECULA
Hypothetical charged particle of large mass WBOSON
Keen-edged instrument RAZOR
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Largest Greek island CRETE
Leading character in 1891 novel by Thomas Hardy TESSDURBEYFIELD
Matthew --, 1822-88, English poet ARNOLD
Mexican river flowing south to the Gulf of California YAQUI
Norwegian island in Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean SPITSBERGEN
Of an epoch of the Tertiary period PLIOCENE
Physicist noted particularly for his law of gravitation ISAACNEWTON
Red or white Spanish table wine RIOJA
Robert --, 1635-1703, English experimental philosopher and architect HOOKE
Sign indicating approval THUMBSUP
Suburb of Liverpool near widest part of River Mersey SPEKE
Swiss resort with annual television festival MONTREUX
Town in Surrey north of Reigate EWELL
Tube of a cannon, rifle or revolver GUNBARREL
Widespread show of anger OUTCRY