The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 6 - Dec 1 2008

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1936 documentary film about a postal train's journey from London to Glasgow NIGHTMAIL
A fern with large spreading fronds OSMUNDA
A former duchy and state of central E Germany ANHALT
A less common word for rabies LYSSA
A tall grass, grown for forage in the southern US TEOSINTE
An insecticide, now widely banned DIELDRIN
Apollo 11 lunar module EAGLE
Black Sea port in Ukraine ODESSA
Book of the Bible, in which the creation of the world is described GENESIS
Desiderius --, Dutch scholar and writer ERASMUS
Erik --, French composer SATIE
Formerly, in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, an official of high rank PASHA
French actress, known for her passionate performances in tragedy SARAHBERNHARDT
Fruit named after a kibbutz in Israel where it was first developed OGENMELON
Hugh --, English Protestant martyr LATIMER
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In Greek mythology, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra ELECTRA
Italian composer VERDI
Italian-born US gangster and racketeer CAPONE
Lou --, US comedian, partner of Bud Abbott COSTELLO
One of the chief exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd IONESCO
One of the members of the Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club SNODGRASS
Resort on the Pacific coast of Mexico ACAPULCO
The ancient capital of Assyria, on the River Tigris NINEVEH
The burnt wick of a candle SNASTE
The chief gods of Norse mythology dwelling in Asgard AESIR
The New York Stock Exchange BIGBOARD
The Pope's summer residence CASTELGANDOLFO
The second largest natural satellite of Neptune, discovered in 1989 by Voyager 2 PROTEUS
Tropical Asian parasitic leafless plant RAFFLESIA
US state DELAWARE