The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 685 - Dec 6 2021

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-- Adams, boxer who won two Olympic gold medals NICOLA
-- Streatfeild, author of the children's novel 'Ballet Shoes' NOEL
1965 European Footballer of the Year EUSEBIO
1969 film starring Alain Delon JEFF
1985 film starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix EXPLORERS
Alvar --, Finnish architect AALTO
Ben --, jazz saxophonist and member of Duke Ellington's band WEBSTER
Bitter-tasting herb from which the flavouring of absinthe is obtained WORMWOOD
Character in the novel 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell' by Susanna Clarke EMMAWINTERTOWNE
Eric Clapton album PILGRIM
Exercise system based on martial arts movements TAEBO
Isaac --, inventor associated with the sewing machine SINGER
Isaac --, Russian-born American science fiction writer ASIMOV
Judas --, English heavy metal band formed in 1969 PRIEST
Male falcon that preys on birds and bats Lanneret
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Murder mystery board game CLUEDO
Murray --, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics GELLMANN
Novel by Sinclair Lewis MANTRAP
Pantomime character DICKWHITTINGTON
Periodical variation in the motion of the moon caused by the attraction of the sun EVECTION
Primo --, Italian World Heavyweight champion boxer CARNERA
Raoul --, French painter noted for his seascapes and racecourse scenes DUFY
Rock band comprising Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker CREAM
Russian composer, conductor, and pianist FELIXBLUMENFELD
Shrub of the cashew family that bears long feathery plumes of flowers SMOKETREE
Sir Henry --, conductor associated with 'the Proms' WOOD
State in New England VERMONT
The great skua BONXIE
Waldo --, Shawn Harrison's character in the US sitcom 'Family Matters' FALDO