The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 872 - Aug 2 2009

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1859 Italian battle MAGENTA
Abnormal growth produced by wasp, usually on oak-tree NUTGALL
Alluvial land alongside margin of waterway in USA RIVERBOTTOM
Ancient Greek name for island in southeast Aegean Sea RHODOS
Autobiographical novel by Laurie Lee CIDERWITHROSIE
Bottom horizontal timber on a building GROUNDPLATE
Code of rules of a worldwide movement founded by Lord Baden-Powell SCOUTLAW
Gloria --, Cuban-born singer with hits from 1988 to 2000 ESTEFAN
Informal name for Kentucky BLUEGRASSSTATE
Injection of botulinum toxin into the skin BOTOXTREATMENT
Interjection of disgust or mock dismay FIE
Long-tailed tropical American bird MOTMOT
Maurice --, French painter 1883-1955 UTRILLO
Narrow runner for gliding over snow SKI
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Of crucial importance PIVOTAL
One making engravings on wood XYLOGRAPHER
Peasant-farming commune in pre-Revolutionary Russia MIR
Pike-like fish GAR
Rare metal (Tb) found in some yttrium minerals TERBIUM
Rare or poetic word for a candlestick or torch LAMPAD
Rocky headland at extreme southern tip of South America CAPEHORN
Sanskritic language of southwest India MARATHI
Tommy --, generic name for private in British army ATKINS
Turn of batting INNINGS
Whitaker�s --, �today�s world in one volume� ALMANACK
Winner of Booker Prize for �Hotel du Lac� in 1984 BROOKNER
With an error range of PLUSORMINUS
Worsted floor-covering with heavy uncut pile on linen backing BRUSSELSCARPET