The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 709 - May 23 2022

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'Cat -- the Pigeons', novel by Agatha Christie, featuring Hercule Poirot AMONG
'The Great British --', TV competition BAKEOFF
-- Karzai, president of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014 HAMID
-- Roberts, Susan Sarandon's character in the 1983 film 'The Hunger' SARAH
1968 film starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda FIRECREEK
1969 film starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper EASYRIDER
2002 film, based on the novel of the same name by Nicci French KILLINGMESOFTLY
Album by The Beths, released in 2018 FUTUREMEHATESME
Album by Willy DeVille LOUPGAROU
American politician who was defeated by Bill Clinton in the 1996 presidential election BOBDOLE
Carving on whalebone SCRIMSHAW
English comedian, an authority on the history of music hall entertainment ROYHUDD
Government by a small exclusive class OLIGARCHY
Guillermo --, Mexican painter and muralist CENICEROS
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Hiawatha's mother in Longfellow's poem 'The Song of Hiawatha' WENONAH
Johann Carl Ludwig --, architect who planned the layout of Helsinki as capital of Finland ENGEL
John --, joint winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine MACLEOD
Margaret --, Australian tennis player who won a total of 64 Grand Slam titles COURT
Musical term for an alternative passage which may be played instead of the original passage OSSIA
Musical that includes the show tunes 'Just in Time' and 'The Party's Over' BELLSARERINGING
Nickname for Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major DOGSTAR
Novel by Agatha Christie, featuring Hercule Poirot EVILUNDERTHESUN
Person who explores caves as a hobby SPELUNKER
Peter --, author of the play 'Amadeus' SHAFFER
Saturn's largest satellite TITAN
Single by Duffy, released in 2008 MERCY
Single by The Pretenders, released in 1986 HYMNTOHER
Town in North Wales, noted for its ruined castle HARLECH