The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 868 - Jul 5 2009

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1644 battle near York MARSTONMOOR
Animal life that is floating and drifting ZOOPLANKTON
Book preceding Obadiah in the Old Testament AMOS
Catching in a lasso NOOSING
City buried by Vesuvius in 79AD POMPEII
Device designed to prevent injury GUARD
Distastefully sentimental ICKY
District in southwest France north of Bordeaux MEDOC
East Indian palm with feathery leaves NIPA
Expression of disbelief AWAYWITHYOU
Fleshy underground plant stem TUBER
Generate from closely related parents INBREED
Greek god, son of Kronos and Rhea ZEUS
Hang downwards limply DROOP
In 1947 he was appointed as the last Viceroy of India MOUNTBATTEN
Joke that's tedious through constant repetition OLDCHESTNUT
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Lough in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland ERNE
Mistake in printed matter TYPO
North American slang for a strange or eccentric person GEEK
Ordinary person who engages in escapist daydreams WALTERMITTY
Port that's the largest city in Sri Lanka COLOMBO
Practise crystal-gazing SCRY
Red-skinned Dutch cheese EDAM
Row of icons on computer screen TOOLBAR
Rudimentary inner toe on a dog�s leg DEWCLAW
Scientific study of diseases restricted to a certain area ENDEMIOLOGY
Shop selling cheap goods in USA FIVEANDDIME
Site of 1800 battle in northwest Italy MARENGO
Substance used as a chemical test REAGENT
Thin flat strip of wood LATH
US state settled by Mormons UTAH
Victor --, French poet HUGO