The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,586 - Apr 23 2023

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-- Lee, American director of films including 'Da 5 Bloods', 'Do the Right Thing' and 'Malcolm X' SPIKE
A small indefinite amount MODICUM
Be dismissed from one's job GETTHECHOP
Building in Berlin where the lower house of the German parliament meets REICHSTAG
CGS unit of intrinsic brightness STILB
Chronic disease of the liver CIRRHOSIS
Dietary course of treatment REGIMEN
Disagreeable disposition ILLNATURE
Lhasa --, Tibetan dog APSO
Monument in Kensington Gardens, London ALBERTMEMORIAL
Morarji --, 1896-1995, founder of the Janata party in India DESAI
Most favourable or advantageous OPTIMUM
Most gentle in disposition or manners MILDEST
Old form of international communication service TELEX
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One who makes or mends fastening devices LOCKSMITH
One who makes small metal objects including bits and spurs LORIMER
Person studying the origin, development and behaviour of humans ANTHROPOLOGIST
Planet discovered in 1846 NEPTUNE
River forming part of the border between Germany and Poland ODER
Road surface of crushed stone mixed with tar MACADAM
Searched vigorously, in the manner of a pig looking for truffles ROOTLED
Short biblical passage used as the basis for a sermon TEXT
Small-ranging tide NEAP
Teenage diarist created by Sue Townsend ADRIANMOLE
Television sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter RISINGDAMP
The depth or thickness of a real object THIRDDIMENSION
Type of French epic poem often celebrating the exploits of knights CHANSONDEGESTE
Writer for newspapers and magazines JOURNALIST