The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,423 - Mar 8 2020

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'The Rape of --', opera by Benjamin Britten LUCRETIA
-- Chase, actor in the film 'Three Amigos' in 1986 CHEVY
1904 novel by Joseph Conrad NOSTROMO
Another name for Passion Sunday, two weeks before Easter JUDICA
Another name for the green woodpecker YAFFLE
Aromatic drink with bourbon, sugar and ice MINTJULEP
Ballad usually set to the tune Londonderry Air DANNYBOY
Canvas container originally used for a sailor's kit DUFFELBAG
Capital and chief port of Sierra Leone FREETOWN
Catherine of --, one of Henry VIII's wives ARAGON
Commercial centre for Basque region in south-west France BAYONNE
Fairground game HOOPLA
Hindi name for Bombay MUMBAI
Honore de --, French novelist BALZAC
Invoice issued before an order is placed or before goods are delivered PROFORMA
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Lively modern Brazilian ballroom dance SAMBA
Malawi's former name NYASALAND
Means of conveyance VEHICLE
Obsolete name for petroleum NAPHTHA
Of horses, having patches of a different colour SKEWBALD
Outer layer of part of fruit that contains the seeds EXOCARP
Public convenience which is fully automated SUPERLOO
Remaining parts left over RESIDUA
Rigsby's cat in 'Rising Damp' VIENNA
Scientologist Ron Hubbard's first name LAFAYETTE
Scottish word for a rawhide shoe RULLION
Something that introduces or causes something else LEADUP
Title of nobility next below that of a duke MARQUESS
Visible prospect of imminent calamity hanging over one SWORDOFDAMOCLES