The Telegraph - GENERAL CROSSWORD NO: 486 - Feb 24 2002

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Absolute government by one person AUTOCRACY
Attack from a flying machine AIRSTRIKE
Ballet-dancer's leap ENTRECHAT
Becomes less burdensome EASES
City on south side of the Firth of Forth EDINBURGH
Cocktail of champagne and orange-juice BUCKSFIZZ
Extracting from an open surface excavation QUARRYING
French actress who had a theatre in Guildford named after her YvonneArnaud
It is used in blowpipes for cutting and welding materials at high temperatures Oxyacetylene
Knowledge gained by study ERUDITION
Large ornamental cravat NECKCLOTH
Less common word for prevalent or regularly found amongst a people or district Endemical
Less common word meaning to remove weapons UNARM
Mass of unwrought metal INGOT
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Mixture of materials such as mortar and plaster COMPO
North American Indian woman, especially a wife SQUAW
Of Hindu ascetics YOGIC
Of snoring RHONCHIAL
Period or cycle of five years Quinquennium
Photographic journalist CAMERAMAN
Province in northeast South Africa KwaZuluNatal
Re-equip and make ready for further use REFIT
River in southeast central China flowing into Dongting Lake XIANG
Seemingly, as it were QUASI
Solid eight-sided figures OCTAHEDRA
Triangular cape or shawl FICHU
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna - - , (1897-1974), close associate of Nehru MENON
Yellow oily liquid that occurs naturally in most fats OLEIN