The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,623 - Jan 7 2024

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1930 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers ANIMALCRACKERS
Ancient city near present-day Tunis CARTHAGE
Ancient Scandinavian language NORSE
Area in which one is not knowledgeable WEAKSPOT
Blind beggar who was cured by Jesus BARTIMAEUS
Breakfast cereal originally from Switzerland MUESLI
Breaking of a bone without breaking the skin SIMPLEFRACTURE
Chief industrial area in Germany RUHR
Committed oneself to a period in the armed forces SIGNEDUP
Element of the lanthanide series RAREEARTH
English name for a city on the River Ebro in north-east Spain SARAGOSSA
Fabulous medieval monster Hippogriff
Financial centre and tourist resort in southern Switzerland LUGANO
Former local government area in north-east Scotland, abolished in 1996 GRAMPIANREGION
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Given specific quantities of medicine DOSED
Hebrew measure for dry goods EPHA
Language of a people of West Africa mainly living in Guinea, Mali or Sierra Leone SUSU
Literary or archaic word for servitude or subjugation THRALL
Member of a South American Indian people INCA
Musical instrument most popular in the late 18th and early 19th century LYREGUITAR
One who habitually takes narcotic juice of the white poppy OPIUMEATER
Rhubarb genus RHEUM
Study of religious faith THEOLOGY
Taking part in a winter sport SKIING
Team game of chasing Britishbulldog
Thin broth in which meat has been boiled POTLIQUOR
U2 song released as a single in 2001 ELEVATION
Until 2006, the ninth planet from the Sun PLUTO