The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,583 - Apr 2 2023

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'The -- of the Nile', adventure film starring Michael Douglas JEWEL
-- Lane, writer of the BBC sitcoms 'Bread' and 'Butterflies' CARLA
Ancient north-east African region extending from Aswan to Khartoum NUBIA
Be considerably taller than TOWEROVER
Cannabis, a narcotic drug MARIJUANA
Capital of Nigeria since 1999 ABUJA
Cocktail made of vodka and cranberry juice SEABREEZE
Companion of Paul in the New Testament SILAS
Containing a poisonous chemical element ARSENICAL
Fighter plane able to take off and land vertically JUMPJET
Garden State with the capital Trenton NEWJERSEY
Having organs of sight on slender connecting parts STALKEYED
Hymn with lyrics based on a William Blake poem JERUSALEM
Inhabitant of Jakarta, e.g. JAVAN
Itchy skin eruption also known as nettle rash URTICARIA
Japanese martial art based on a system of fighting without weapons JUJITSU
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Laughing --, another name for the kookaburra JACKASS
Leader of the Argonauts JASON
Mark --, author of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' TWAIN
Member of a panel JUROR
Of a member of a West Indian religious movement RASTAFARI
Part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum JEJUNUM
Place for dancing and drinking JUKEJOINT
Roman god depicted with two heads facing in opposite directions JANUS
Set out ostentatiously DISPLAY
Site of two rock-cut temples in southern Egypt ABUSIMBEL
Small spiked wheel on a spur ROWEL
Spicy Creole or Cajun dish JAMBALAYA
Spirit in Muslim theology and folklore JINNI
Stations at the ends of railway lines TERMINI
Statistician who calculates insurance premiums and risks ACTUARY
Tall, stiff, yellow-flowered woolly plant MULLEIN