The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,553 - Sep 4 2022

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'The -- Runner', 2009 dystopian novel by James Dashner MAZE
1978 Blondie hit from the album 'Plastic Letters' DENIS
A church that rejected papal supremacy EASTERNORTHODOX
Aromatic Mediterranean plant used in seasoning MARJORAM
Bridge declaration that doesn't name a particular suit NOTRUMPS
Capital of Niger on the Niger River NIAMEY
Diamond-shaped figures RHOMBI
During the present month INST
Dutch humanist who attacked the theology of Luther ERASMUS
Idiosyncratic belief DELUSION
International rugby union competition SIXNATIONS
King of Persia from 486 to 465BC, son of Darius I XERXES
Minor goddess of the ocean SEANYMPH
Norwegian town with no sun from approximately November 21 to January 21 HAMMERFEST
Now-ruined monastery in north-east England in which the Venerable Bede died JARROW
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Obsessed with a single idea ONETRACK
Of the classification of animals and plants TAXONOMIC
Old Testament book preceding Joel HOSEA
Outline of a course of studies SYLLABUS
Small evergreen plant that yields orange fruit with a sweet rind KUMQUAT
Song from 'The Sound of Music' EDELWEISS
Spike --, chief creator and writer of 'The Goon Show' MILLIGAN
Thomas --, 1875-1955, German novelist and Nobel Prize winner MANN
Town in southern Belgium, scene of a 1914 battle MONS
Traditional Mexican folk music MARIACHI
Uncharged elementary particle NEUTRINO
Wearing protective headgear HELMETED
Winter sports resort in Speyside AVIEMORE
Writer of short literary compositions ESSAYIST