The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,238 - Aug 14 2016

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Clues Answers
'-- Inn', novel by Daphne du Maurier JAMAICA
American frontierswoman during Gold Rush days in the Black Hills of Dakota CALAMITYJANE
Arctic tusked whale NARWHAL
Brass wind instrument TRUMPET
City south-west of ancient Carthage TUNIS
Column of light from a beacon SHAFT
English critic, novelist and poet, 1874-1936 GKCHESTERTON
Excited in anticipation NERVOUS
Formal assessment of an employee's performance APPRAISAL
Fortified seaport in Bretagne region of western France LORIENT
George --, 1593-1633, English poet and clergyman HERBERT
Governor of a province or department in ancient Egypt or modern Greece NOMARCH
Greater or less than nought NONZERO
Henry --, 1924-94, American composer MANCINI
Clues Answers
Impulse for setting things on fire PYROMANIA
In RAF slang, an early-morning flight or patrol MILKTRAIN
Informal word for a drink especially in the morning EYEOPENER
Leather strap that used to be used as an instrument of punishment TAWSE
Of some Hindu and Buddhist writings TANTRIC
Performer who gradually undresses EXOTICDANCER
Skid that throws motor vehicle off the track SPINOUT
Small species of falcon KESTREL
Soft food for infants PAPMEAT
Time when sun crosses equator EQUINOX
Tips to be shared amongst serving staff TRONC
To what place or in which direction? WHITHER
Town hall in France HOTELDEVILLE
Town in Campania, southern Italy CASERTA