The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 55 - Nov 9 2009

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1937 Katharine Hepburn/Ginger Rogers film STAGEDOOR
Ancient city near present-day Tunis CARTHAGE
Antonio --, Italian composer (1750-1825) SALIERI
Berkshire town noted for horse racing ASCOT
Blaise --, French mathematician (1623-62) PASCAL
Carolus --, Swedish botanist (1707-78) LINNAEUS
Dish of cabbage and potatoes boiled and mashed together COLCANNON
English sailor and explorer DRAKE
Extinct volcanic mountain massif in Turkey ARARAT
Greek sculptor associated with Agesander and Athenodorus POLYDORUS
Informal name for the US national flag OLDGLORY
Italian liqueur flavoured with herbs Galliano
Joseph --, 'Lucky Jim' author CONRAD
Largest French-speaking city in Belgium LIEGE
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Market town at the head of the Looe valley in Cornwall LISKEARD
Mexican salamander AXOLOTL
Nymph who advised Numa Pompilius, king of Rome EGERIA
One of the main characters in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' ESMERALDA
Peruvian city founded in 1535 TRUJILLO
Philipp Otto --, German Romantic painter (1777-1810) RUNGE
Private James --, a character in 'Dad's Army' FRAZER
Reputedly the oldest city in the world DAMASCUS
Richard Wagner opera RIENZI
Roman poet of the Augustan period HORACE
Town on the Firth of Forth, a former naval base ROSYTH
US author, 1968 and 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner NORMANMAILER
US author, 1994 Pulitzer Prize winner EANNIEPROULX
US state COLORADO