The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 862 - May 24 2009

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Acronym for a method of aircraft take-off assisted by jet fuel JATO
Administrative centre of Devon EXETER
Another name for the aardvark EARTHHOG
BBC current affairs programme first broadcast in 1953 PANORAMA
Biblical city notorious for vice and depravity GOMORRAH
Bridge over Grand Canal in Venice RIALTO
Capital of Norway OSLO
City and volcano in El Salvador SANTAANA
Combustible gas found in coalmines FIREDAMP
Disorder characterised by fear of becoming fat ANOREXIA
Fat cloth cat in children's television in 1974 BAGPUSS
Greek author of tragedies including �Ajax� and �Antigone� SOPHOCLES
Informal name for home-made pistol in America ZIPGUN
Island divided into Haiti and Dominican Republic HISPANIOLA
Largest desert in the world SAHARA
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Moist clay and sand composition for making bricks LOAM
Person versed in moral principles ETHICIST
Plant fibres woven into linen cloth FLAX
Plant of the goosefoot family sometimes used as substitute for spinach ORACHE
Plant with seedpods that look like a mitre BISHOPSCAP
Put large boat on the opposite tack ABOUTSHIP
Rhyming game CRAMBO
Rod-shaped bacterium SHIGELLA
Score by gently pushing or deflecting cricket-ball NURDLE
Sir Henry --, inventor of steelmaking process BESSEMER
Small tropical tree PALMETTO
Strong Dutch liquor distilled from potatoes SCHNAPPS
Tabloid newspaper noted for sensationalism REDTOP
This day is commemorated on November 2nd ALLSOULS
Violently angry and destructive behaviour RAMPAGE