The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1 - Oct 27 2008

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A carbonate or silicate of calcium, occurring naturally as small colourless crystals SCAWTITE
A dog of a breed used in hunting HOUND
A high deck at the stern of a ship POOP
A musical composition, one numbered in order of publication OPUS
A prison in which all prisoners can be watched from one point PANOPTICON
A tree or bush with long feathery leaves, winged fruit, and dense flower clusters AILANTHUS
A wheeled shelter used by Roman soldiers under attack from above TESTUDO
Another name for a catkin AMENT
Any European stock exchange, especially that in Paris BOURSE
Author of In a Free State, the 1971 Booker Prize-winning novel NAIPAUL
Capital of Turkey ANKARA
City and administrative centre of Cornwall TRURO
Clarence --, US inventor who pioneered the retailing of quick-frozen and dehydrated foods BIRDSEYE
Country bordering the Adriatic Sea ALBANIA
English Prime Minister assassinated by John Bellingham in 1812 SPENCERPERCEVAL
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He was appointed court painter to Charles II in 1661 LELY
In cricket, a score of zero, a duck BLOB
King of Troy, husband of Hecuba PRIAM
London district on the south bank of the Thames VAUXHALL
Native American who allegedly saved the life of the colonist Captain John Smith POCAHONTAS
Northern hemisphere constellation URSAMAJOR
One of the reindeer in A Visit from St Nicholas DASHER
Physicist born in Salzburg in 1803 DOPPLER
Prophet whose faith in God protected him in the lion�s den DANIEL
Scottish castle BALMORAL
The chevrotain MOUSEDEER
The dragonfly order ODONATA
The slave famous for removing a thorn from a lion�s paw ANDROCLES
Writing system for visually impaired people BRAILLE