The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,273 - Apr 23 2017

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Clues Answers
'Hail Mary', an angelic salutation AVEMARIA
'The -- --', 1970 classic period drama film starring Dinah Sheridan RAILWAYCHILDREN
-- Bronte, author of 'Jane Eyre' CHARLOTTE
Another name for the fodder plant Lucerne ALFALFA
Archbishop of Canterbury executed for treason in 1645 LAUD
Basic monetary unit of former East Germany OSTMARK
Cain went to this country east of Eden after he killed Abel LANDOFNOD
Chemical derived from methane METHYL
City in Lombardy which was at its height in the 16th century BRESCIA
Crisis in 1956 following nationalisation of this canal by President Nasser of Egypt SUEZ
Eva --, 1912-45, Adolf Hitler�s mistress BRAUN
Extremely thin young fashion model SUPERWAIF
Flammable hydrocarbon gas of the alkene series ETHYLENE
Government department issuing weather forecasts METOFFICE
Greater black-backed gull COBB
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Language of south-west India MALAYALAM
Mary Ann --, real name of George Eliot EVANS
Milk without cream SKIM
Nickname for Los Angeles LALALAND
Pop group of the 1970s featuring vocalist Noddy Holder SLADE
Roman goddess of wisdom MINERVA
Sir John --, poet laureate from 1972 to 1984 BETJEMAN
Site of an important British victory during the Seven Years' War in Canada in 1759 PLAINSOFABRAHAM
Something to be imitated or not to be imitated EXAMPLE
Spanish military leader and dictator 1892-1975 FRANCO
Standard monetary unit of Indonesia RUPIAH
Stone in Ireland said to convey the gift of persuasive talk BLARNEY
Strait between European and Asian Turkey BOSPHORUS
Swedish chemist who invented dynamite NOBEL
Well-known bookshop in Charing Cross Road FOYLES