The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,600 - Jul 30 2023

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-- Little, Antony Royle in 'The Royle Family' RALF
2012 Oscar-winning drama starring Ben Affleck ARGO
Alcoholic drink container BEERCAN
Avestan, ancient East-Iranian Indo-European language ZEND
By --, surprised exclamation JOVE
Canadian territory with the capital Whitehorse YUKON
Carbon --, atmospheric gas DIOXIDE
Citrus fruit, a hybrid of a tangerine and a grapefruit TANGELO
City buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 POMPEII
Crossbred hunting dog LURCHER
Derogatory word for official papers and documents BUMF
Eric Bedser's twin brother ALEC
Ethelred the --, king of England from 978 to 1016 UNREADY
Excessive flow of blood to an organ FLUXION
Fictional chain of shops selling useless things, set up by Reggie Perrin GROT
Film or song issued some time ago but still popular GOLDENOLDIE
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Heavy sea caused by an earthquake, perhaps GROUNDSWELL
Last Old Testament book MALACHI
Leonhard --, 1707-1783, Swiss mathematician EULER
Make less bright BEDIM
Matthew --, 1848-1883, the first man to swim the English Channel WEBB
Most northerly of the Shetland Islands Unst
Orthodox Christians from a southern European country GreekChurch
Part of the Red Sea between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas GULFOFAQABA
Pen name of the novelist Mary Ann Evans GEORGEELIOT
Put forward as fact for an argument POSIT
Reputed burial-place of King Arthur GLASTONBURY
Series of racing simulation video games launched in 1997 GRANTURISMO
Star Wars character played by John Boyega FINN
Token that can be used in payment GIFTVOUCHER
Type of knitting stitch PURL
Witty remark QUIP