The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,275 - May 7 2017

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17 Across's first name BENJAMIN
Acronym for English regulatory body for education OFSTED
Adult Cub Scout leader AKELA
Ancient region of western Asia Minor north of Caria LYDIA
Circular pattern with radiating lines in embroidery SPIDERWHEEL
Covered portico in ancient Greece used by athletes for their exercises XYST
Dangerous fever marked by the eruption of red spots TYPHUS
Fanny --, 1820-1915, US hymnist CROSBY
Game similar to hockey played by teams of twelve SHINTY
German name for a city in northern Bavaria, southern Germany NURNBERG
His circus was billed as 'The Greatest Show on Earth' BARNUM
Home of Goliath (OT) GATH
Irish female singer and instrumentalist with hit 'Anywhere Is' in 1995 ENYA
Large constellation near Pisces and Aquarius CETUS
Large inlet of the Irish Sea CARDIGANBAY
Lichen found in northern regions ICELANDMOSS
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Member of an extremely devout and often mystical Jewish sect HASID
Milky fluid of the rubber plant LATEX
Norman --, Scottish former Conservative MP LAMONT
One of the courtiers who served the king in 'Hamlet' ROSENCRANTZ
Poem by John Keats ODETOAUTUMN
Popular song set in Dublin MOLLYMALONE
Prime Minister in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880 DISRAELI
Proprietary name for lorazepam ATIVAN
River flowing into Wembury Bay in South Devon YEALM
Sciurus vulgaris, arboreal rodent REDSQUIRREL
Sickly sweet sentimentality YUCK
Sir Keith --, 1918-94, English Conservative MP JOSEPH
Sir William --, 1878-1931, Irish painter ORPEN
Statuettes for outstanding TV in USA EMMYS
Strait between European and Asian Turkey DARDANELLES
Street in Manhattan, New York, noted for its theatres BROADWAY