The Telegraph - GENERAL CROSSWORD NO: 572 - Oct 19 2003

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- - beetle, another name for the Colorado beetle POTATO
- - Hanley, rugby league player awarded MBE in 1990 ELLERY
A clay compound containing aluminium BAUXITE
A composite plant of the genus Centaurea with purplish thistle-like flowers KNAPWEED
A kind of smoked haddock FINNAN
A knitted upper garment JUMPER
Aeroplane powered by type of internal-combustion engine TURBOJET
Ambiguous phrase or expression EQUIVOKE
Archaic word meaning with assurance or truly CERTES
Author of Confessions of an English Opium Eater THOMASDEQUINCEY
Castle southwest of Ross-on-Wye GOODRICH
Cautious and uncommunicative CAGY
City in southeast Ukraine, iron-mining and steelworks centre KrivoyRog
City in southern Peru on the site of an Inca city Arequipa
City in southwest Zimbabwe BULAWAYO
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Device that operates valves in an engine CAMSHAFT
Entrance used by actors STAGEDOOR
French military cap KEPI
Greek dip made using yoghurt, chopped cucumber and mint TZATZIKI
Italian name for Switzerland Svizzera
Member of the flightless genus of birds that includes kiwis APTERYX
Minute particle found in the blood PLATELET
Nickname of Edmund II of England IRONSIDE
Ode or song of lamentation THRENODY
Pillar in the form of a female figure CARYATID
Region of Yukon with rich gold deposits KLONDIKE
Remove poison from DETOXIFY
Shrub also called Japanese quince JAPONICA
Slang word meaning I had trapped you GOTCHA