The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,267 - Mar 12 2017

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-- Grande, North American river RIO
Able to express one's thoughts with ease ARTICULATE
Administrative centre of Gwynedd whose Anglicised spelling was superseded in 1974 CAERNARFON
Ancient North Germanic language OLDNORSE
Animated series of short cartoon films by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera TOMANDJERRY
Begin to give way WAVER
Business or merchandise of a dealer in a specified trade CHANDLERY
Capital of Russian enclave of the same name on the Baltic coast KALININGRAD
Capital of Syria DAMASCUS
Clarified butter from milk from Asiatic buffalo GHI
Colouring agent made from chemical alteration of decomposed wood XYLOCHROME
Dangerous whirlpool opposite the cave of Scylla in Greek mythology CHARYBDIS
Disease germ ZYME
Edible entrails of an animal OFFAL
Fictitious land abounding in gold ELDORADO
Genetic 'code' DNA
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Hairstyle with thick bushy curls AFRO
Hostilities between 1853 and 1856 CRIMEANWAR
Language developed from Esperanto IDO
Name for a chestnut horse FAVEL
North --, Hebridean island UIST
Novel by Leo Tolstoy WARANDPEACE
Of a group of Bantu-speaking peoples from South Africa XHOSAN
Pastry flan filled with a cooked egg mixture QUICHE
Pete --, US folk-singer and songwriter SEEGER
Piece of metal attached to motorcycle in order to hold it upright KICKSTAND
Producing photocopies XEROXING
Repair or re-equip REFIT
River on Polish/German border ODER
Scandal which forced President Nixon to resign WATERGATE
Very thing that is wanted CATSPYJAMAS
Young salmon on its first return from saltwater GRILSE