The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 27 - Apr 27 2009

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-- Cooper, US rock singer born in 1948 ALICE
-- Merman, US actress and singer (1909-84) ETHEL
A Franz Lehar operetta THEMERRYWIDOW
A Jane Austen novel MANSFIELDPARK
A small rorqual with dark steely-grey skin and white grooves on the belly SEIWHALE
Ancient commercial centre and capital of Syria ANTIOCH
Another term for citrine FALSETOPAZ
Breed of small terrier with a long coat and drooping ears DANDIEDINMONT
Coleman --, US tenor saxophonist (1904-69) HAWKINS
Dick --, trainer of the Epsom Derby winners Troy, Henbit, and Nashwan HERN
English railway excursion and tourist pioneer THOMASCOOK
English rock band fronted by Marc Bolan TREX
Game for two or four players played with a small rubber ball SQUASH
German dye chemist and pioneer of chromatography (1795-1867) RUNGE
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Heavy knitted or crocheted woollen blanket or shawl AFGHAN
In Greek and Roman mythology, a nymph believed to inhabit mountains OREAD
Industrial city in NW Texas AMARILLO
Industrial city in western Germany, on the River Rhine LEVERKUSEN
Inflammation of the iris, ciliary body and choroid UVEITIS
Instrument for measuring a current of fluid RHEOMETER
Konrad --, German computer pioneer (1910-95) ZUSE
Small red or purple spot on the skin, the result of a ruptured blood vessel PETECHIA
Small town bordered by the River Tees and the River Leven YARM
The administrative centre of Cumbria CARLISLE
The first settlement in Queensland, Australia MoretonBay
The snakes as an order or suborder of reptiles OPHIDIA
The southernmost region of South America PATAGONIA
US poet (1926-97) ALLENGINSBERG