The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,219 - Dec 31 2012

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Clues Answers
'Land of Heroes', the national epic poem of Finland KALEVALA
'The --', a 1965 film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor SANDPIPER
-- Travers, Bertie Wooster's aunt, a recurring character in the Jeeves novels of P.G. Wodehouse DAHLIA
A coffin made of terracotta LARNAX
Affluent residential area of Los Angeles BELAIR
American sculptor (1898-1976) ALEXANDERCALDER
Ancient city, legendary birthplace of Romulus and Remus ALBALONGA
Ancient port on the Mediterranean ALGIERS
Braggart soldiers, used as stock characters in comedy MILITESGLORIOSI
Brian --, singer of the 1960 single 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' HYLAND
Canadian film (2003) starring Ian McKellen EMILE
Canadian province ALBERTA
Capital of Russia MOSCOW
Carved bead through which pass the two cords attached to a Japanese inro OJIME
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College of the University of Oxford ORIEL
Edible shellfish, the sea-ear ABALONE
Genus of armadillo DASYPUS
Group of islands separated from Scotland by the Pentland Firth ORKNEYS
In Judaism, the evening service with which Yom Kippur begins KOLNIDRE
Indonesian dish of cooked mixed vegetables and hard-boiled eggs served with a peanut sauce GADOGADO
Mark --, a servant in 'Martin Chuzzlewit' TAPLEY
Mickey --, author who created the detective character Mike Hammer SPILLANE
Port on San Francisco Bay OAKLAND
Species of mink found in Asia KOLINSKY
Sybille Bedford's first novel (1956) ALEGACY
Washington --, American painter and poet (1779-1843) ALLSTON
Waterspout carved in the form of a grotesque face or creature GARGOYLE
Writer of poems intended to be sung ODIST