The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 714 - Jun 27 2022

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'The Book of Hours', a collection of poetry by Rainer Maria -- RILKE
-- Carter, American country musician MAYBELLE
1815 battle WATERLOO
1960 film (also known as 'The Night Fighters') starring Robert Mitchum ATERRIBLEBEAUTY
1994 film directed by Antonia Bird PRIEST
Album by Eddy Grant, released in 2017 PLAISANCE
American musician best known for his slide guitar work RYCOODER
Any of various seabirds related to the jaegers SKUA
Biblical character, a mighty hunter and son of Cush NIMROD
Character played by Jay Silverheels in the TV series 'The Lone Ranger' TONTO
Children's book by Dr. Seuss THELORAX
City in the Netherlands, in Overijssel province ALMELO
Comic strip character created by Scott Adams DILBERT
Compilation album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in 1984 LEGEND
Dick --, famous jockey and author of crime novels FRANCIS
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John --, author of the late Elizabethan play 'Antonio and Mellida' MARSTON
Kind of long coarse grass ESPARTO
Novel by Ian Rankin RESURRECTIONMEN
One of the Channel Islands SARK
One of the classics of English flat racing THEOAKS
Poem by John Milton SAMSONAGONISTES
River that flows through Vienna and Budapest DANUBE
Scottish river flowing through the Grampian Mountains to the Moray Firth SPEY
Series of historical fiction stories by Bernard Cornwell SHARPE
Short line at the end of the main strokes of a character SERIF
Short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent CAVY
Single by Queen, from their 1989 album 'The Miracle' SCANDAL
Small gull that nests in colonies on sea cliffs KITTIWAKE
Tall hardwood tree of West Africa AFARA