The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,163 - Mar 8 2015

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-- blossom, the hawthorn flower MAY
-- fin, found on a fish's back DORSAL
Act or function of smelling OLFACTION
Archaic or dialect word for the letter Z IZZARD
Bodice and skirt in one piece POLONAISE
Carbonated drink flavoured with vanilla CREAMSODA
Collectible item of artistic worth (5,1'3) OBJETDART
Dan --, US vice-president from 1989 to 1993 QUAYLE
Dislike intensely DETEST
Expression from French for a bargain BONMARCHE
Facts and material used in teaching REALIA
Gesture of welcoming or of agreeing a deal HANDSHAKE
Inbuilt mechanism regulating living organisms' rhythms and cycles BIOLOGICALCLOCK
Inlet of Atlantic Ocean on west coast of Ireland GALWAYBAY
Musical direction indicating that section is to be repeated BIS
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North American bird with a brownish-red neck and upper body RUDDYDUCK
North American word for a tramp or sponger BUM
Outer space as viewed from earth SKY
Person who shows holidaymakers the sights TOURGUIDE
Port in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa DURBAN
Realm of dreams or fantasy CLOUDCUCKOOLAND
Setting for R. D. Blackmore's 'Lorna Doone' EXMOOR
Small tool for spreading plaster TROWEL
Something made up of material already used REHASH
Sports arbiter UMPIRE
Surgical procedure to repair damage to part of the body OPERATION
Widespread use of commercials, and the people influenced by them ADMASS
With medium volume or tone Mezzavoce
Woolly-leaved Alpine flower EDELWEISS
Word from Yiddish meaning to whine incessantly KVETCH