The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 29 - May 11 2009

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'-- & Co.', tales of schoolboy life by Rudyard Kipling STALKY
A conical block of stone at Delphi which the ancient Greeks regarded as the central point of the world OMPHALOS
A group of advisers, especially a secretive group advising an important person CAMARILLA
A hard, dense, grey metallic element OSMIUM
A Merseyside town on the Wirral peninsula HESWALL
A spicy oil paste made from chilli and tomatoes, used as an ingredient in North African cooking HARISSA
A vast region of Russia and Kazakhstan SIBERIA
An acute contagious viral disease which usually affects children MUMPS
Artist, cartoonist and book illustrator who satirised the machine age HEATHROBINSON
Character in 'Judge Dredd', also known as the 'Euthanasia Killer' OOLABLINT
City in southern France noted for its many well-preserved Roman remains NIMES
Disease of horses characterised by a swaying unsteady gait STAGGERS
George --, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair ORWELL
Highly destructive migratory insect LOCUST
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Italian Renaissance sculptor and medallist (1509-90) LEONI
Musical that includes the song 'The Lambeth Walk' MEANDMYGIRL
Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, a sequel to 'Kidnapped' CATRIONA
One of a series of ten artificial Earth-orbiting satellites launched by the former Soviet Union SPUTNIK
Raymond --, US writer of the Philip Marlowe novels CHANDLER
Region of Italy, bordering on the Alps LOMBARDY
Richard --, the protagonist and narrator in John Buchan's 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' HANNAY
Russian port and industrial city near the Sea of Azov ROSTOVONDON
Stage name of the singer-songwriter Gordon Sumner STING
The central character of the 'Star Wars' trilogy, portrayed by Mark Hamill LUKESKYWALKER
The fibrous interior of the dishcloth gourd, which is dried, bleached, and used as a bath sponge LOOFAH
The heroine of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' ROSALIND
The name given to various tall flowering plants, but especially the great mullein AARONSROD
The patron saint of Glasgow KENTIGERN