The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 261 - Oct 21 2013

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-- monster, a venomous beaded lizard GILA
A James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks DEVILMAYCARE
An acknowledgement that a scoring hit has been made in a fencing competition TOUCHE
An officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter BLACKROD
Ancient Greek city on the lower southern slopes of Mount Parnassus DELPHI
Brazilian city on the Rio de Janeiro-Belo Horizonte railway JUIZDEFORA
City in Sardinia SASSARI
Constellation said to represent the sea monster that threatened Andromeda CETUS
County town of Suffolk IPSWICH
District of South Wales, formerly noted as a coal-mining area RHONDDA
Greenhouse and house plant grown for its decorative evergreen foliage ARALIA
Group of Romance languages or dialects spoken in certain valleys of the Alps RHAETIAN
In Greek mythology, a king of Sparta and the brother of Agamemnon MENELAUS
Industrial city in NW France CAEN
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Inspector George --, fictional character created by Alan Hunter GENTLY
Lemuel --, a Jonathan Swift character GULLIVER
Medicinal preparation of hydrated magnesium sulphate, used as a purgative EPSOMSALTS
Nicolas --, French chef and confectioner, the inventor of airtight food preservation APPERT
Novel by Elliot Paul; film starring Hugh Grant as Chopin IMPROMPTU
Novel by Joseph Conrad LORDJIM
Place where bees are kept so that their honey can be collected APIARY
Plant with complex flowers that are often showy or bizarrely shaped ORCHID
Sir --, English poet, courtier, and soldier (1554-1586) PHILIPSIDNEY
Snake whose bite was believed to cause intense thirst DIPSAS
Story by Henry James DAISYMILLER
The back or nape of the neck NUCHA
Town in Staffordshire, the birthplace of Samuel Johnson LICHFIELD