The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 983 - Sep 18 2011

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1775 comedy of manners by Sheridan THERIVALS
Aqueduct over the Dee Valley near Llangollen PONTCYSYLLTE
Bank balance when in the red OVERDRAFT
Baron Richard --, Australian statesman 1890-1976 CASEY
Decoration for raised step behind altar GRADINO
Dish described in 1660 as a fried item with onions, nutmeg and other flavourings EGGSINMOONSHINE
Enzyme secreted by the pancreas TRYPSIN
Feeling of weariness or languor ENNUI
French-derived name for a dugout canoe used in the Americas PIROGUE
Greek port, scene of a naval battle in 1571 LEPANTO
Greener type of diesel engine combustion chamber SQUISHLIPSYSTEM
Harare's former name SALISBURY
Ivan --, tennis player born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia LENDL
Larvae of this beetle feed on woollen fabrics CARPETBUG
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Light flintlock musket FUSIL
Margin of security against risks SAFETYFACTOR
Mediterranean variety of wild marjoram OREGANO
Place in Thurrock unitary authority in Essex PURFLEET
Plastic or rubber brush used for grooming horses CURRYCOMB
Port and resort on Black Sea in southern Ukraine YALTA
Recover goods that had been seized REPLEVY
Retract what has already been said UNSAY
Territory consisting of ten cities in north-east of ancient Palestine DECAPOLIS
Thick-furred marsupial OPOSSUM
Three-cornered cape worn over the shoulders FICHU
US-based character-encoding scheme (1,1,1,1,1) ASCII
Walled city in Lombardy, northern Italy BERGAMO
X-coordinate of a point ABSCISSA