The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 28 - May 4 2009

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Clues Answers
A character in the Tennessee Williams play, 'A Streetcar Named Desire' BLANCHEDUBOIS
A Cistercian monk TRAPPIST
A gateway town to the Lake District KENDAL
A grape variety used to produce red wine MERLOT
A Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical SHOWBOAT
A large white tropical American stork JABIRU
An independent boarding school for girls near Brighton, founded in 1885 ROEDEAN
An Indian language BIHARI
Another name for halite ROCKSALT
Antoine --, French painter (1684-1721) WATTEAU
Any tropical American orchid cultivated for their large flowers CATTLEYA
Author of '2001: A Space Odyssey' ARTHURCCLARKE
British Prime Minister (1990-97) MAJOR
Character portrayed by Geoffrey Hughes in the TV sitcom 'Keeping Up Appearances' ONSLOW
Desert shrub of the box family, native to Mexico, Arizona and California JOJOBA
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French composer of comic operas (1832-1918 LECOCQ
Italian navigator and explorer, the discoverer of mainland North America JOHNCABOT
Jesse --, US athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin OWENS
Kate --, actress appointed the first Dame Commander of the New Zealand Order of Merit HARCOURT
Lee --, US actress who played Katherine Thorn in 'The Omen' REMICK
Lew --, Australian tennis player, Wimbledon champion in 1956 and 1957 HOAD
Mike --, England cricket captain in 54 test matches ATHERTON
One of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ ANDREW
Paolo --, Florentine painter (c.1396-1475) UCCELLO
Person who is employed to make coffee in a coffee shop BARISTA
Shakespeare's 'Othello, the -- of Venice' MOOR
The paternal grandfather of Henry VII OWENTUDOR
The star of the first talking picture, 'The Jazz Singer' ALJOLSON
US film producer who died in 1992, aged 100 HALROACH
William --, English civil engineer famed for his work on canals and early railways JESSOP