The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,609 - Oct 1 2023

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& 9 Across US actor and singer who starred in the 1960s television show 'Dr. Kildare' RICHARD
-- dog, very small canine TOY
-- Newman, mother of the presenter Emma Forbes NANETTE
-- Rees, 1913-1983, Welsh golfer DAI
Ancient British tribe that rebelled against the Romans in AD 61 ICENI
Arrangement to meet at a particular time and place APPOINTMENT
Bitter or sharp in manner, taste or tone ACERB
Black-and-white long-tailed bird MAGPIE
Capital of Thailand BANGKOK
Forming an opinion of someone quite quickly SIZINGUP
Garden for growing vegetables KITCHEN
Gareth --, manager of the men's England football team SOUTHGATE
Highly prized gemstones from the hardest of all minerals DIAMONDS
Hit a ball hard and straight in cricket DRIVE
Home of the Grasshoppers rugby union team PRESTON
John --, 1793-1864, English poet CLARE
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Military forward bases in enemy territory AIRHEADS
Name of two British queens ELIZABETH
Of a legendary king and his Knights of the Round Table ARTHURIAN
Of an abode of the blessed dead in Greek mythology ELYSIAN
Receiving an hourly or daily wage NONSALARIED
See 1 Down CHAMBERLAIN
Small cask or carton for food etc TUB
Small quantity of spirits TOT
Small town, south of Elgin, in northern Scotland ROTHES
Soft Italian cheese RICOTTA
Speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner MALIGN
Town in Northamptonshire, or city in Ohio KETTERING
Town in Northamptonshire, or village in Hertfordshire RUSHDEN
Tributary of the Nene rising in a field that was part of the Battle of Naseby RIVERISE
What one has if disappointed in love BROKENHEART
World's fifth-largest country BRAZIL