The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 845 - Jan 25 2009

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-- blessing, behaviour involving emotional or hysterical reactions TORONTO
-- franca, a hybrid language LINGUA
5th Greek letter EPSILON
Alternative name for an umbrella GAMP
Archaic word for the Christian gospel EVANGEL
Clergyman, spiritual leader of the church MANOFGOD
Demon in apocalyptic literature BELIAL
Dessert thickened with cornflour and set in a mould BLANCMANGE
Edible clam found off North American Atlantic coast QUAHOG
Elementary stage of epic poetry EPOS
Eurasian duck found in marshes and swamps WIDGEON
Forward at back of scrum in rugby union NUMBEREIGHT
Fourth President of USA MADISON
Gentleness concealing strength VELVETGLOVE
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Informal term for a former lover OLDFLAME
Monk who exerted great influence over Tsar Nicholas II and his family during WWI RASPUTIN
Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex EASTANGLIA
Person who is expected to lose UNDERDOG
Protective structure to prevent coastal erosion SEAWALL
Quaint, sentimentally pretty TWEE
Realism in the arts especially in early 20th century Italian opera VERISMO
Resembling work of painter with initials JMWT TURNERESQUE
River flowing through Dresden ELBE
Robert Plant's male vocal and instrumental group LEDZEPPELIN
Small-scale environmentally-friendly settlement ECOVILLAGE
Source of drug known as hashish, marijuana etc. INDIANHEMP
Urgent, pressing or demanding EXIGENT
Zigzag skiing race SLALOM