The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,211 - Feb 7 2016

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-- alcohol, colourless flammable liquid AMYL
-- Handicap, horse race at York EBOR
African bird of the family Sturnidae GLOSSYSTARLING
Area near house with intricately formed designs of shrubs, flowerbeds etc KNOTGARDEN
Ballet leap from one foot to another JETE
Complex system of paths or tunnels MAZE
Dialectal word for a cricket or grasshopper GRIG
Dull greyish-brown horse DUN
French battle of 1590 IVRY
Informal expression for cosmetic surgery NIPANDTUCK
Lack of transparency OPACITY
Lord Protector of the Commonwealth from 1653 to 1658 OLIVERCROMWELL
Lower part of the alimentary canal GUT
Middle Eastern country, capital Muscat OMAN
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Most favourable or advantageous OPTIMUM
One skilled in conducting a campaign STRATEGIST
One who thinks very highly of another ADMIRER
Portable firearm GUN
Preacher of the Christian Gospel EVANGELIST
Process of inserting needle into lower part of spinal cord LUMBARPUNCTURE
Ratio at which one currency can be traded for another RATEOFEXCHANGE
Remains of a supernova observed in 1054AD in Taurus constellation CRABNEBULA
Second-brightest star in constellation Orion BETELGEUSE
Small town west of Milton Keynes BUCKINGHAM
Sparkling Italian wine ASTI
The art of public speaking ORATORY
Wander about restlessly or idly GAD
Young males delivering messages ERRANDBOYS