The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,538 - May 22 2022

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Clues Answers
'-- and the Dragon', apocryphal book BEL
An ear of maize MEALIE
Ancient Egyptians' sacred beetle SCARAB
Archaeological period from about 2000 to 500BC in Britain BRONZEAGE
Australian nut also known as the Queensland nut MACADAMIA
Author of 'The Canterbury Tales' GEOFFREYCHAUCER
Bearing foliage throughout the year EVERGREEN
Carriage pulled by a bovine animal OXCART
Creole dish made with rice, seafood, ham, onions etc JAMBALAYA
Cruciferous plant of the genus Iberis CANDYTUFT
First six books of the Old Testament HEXATEUCH
Genus of bedding plants that includes sage SALVIA
Historical novel by Robert Graves ICLAUDIUS
In a state between solid and gas LIQUID
King of Mycenae who led the Greeks in the Trojan War AGAMEMNON
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Liveliness characteristic of cartoons ANIMATION
Mixture of oats, nuts, fruit etc eaten with milk MUESLI
New Zealand owl-parrot KAKAPO
Of the style of the 19th-century Aesthetic Movement GREENERYYALLERY
Providing necessary support ANCILLARY
Soap opera set in Liverpool BROOKSIDE
Solution obtained by leaching LYE
Something having real existence ENTITY
State of living as a rover or wanderer NOMADY
Surface for taking off and landing RUNWAY
Tennis service an opponent is unable to return ACE
Time-travel device in 'Doctor Who' TARDIS
Type of staircase SPIRAL
Venetian merchant and traveller, c1254-1324 MARCOPOLO
Woman's undergarment BRA