The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 869 - Jul 12 2009

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Abbreviated word for a bowed stringed instrument CELLO
Archangel who foretold the birth of Jesus GABRIEL
Bag worn by walkers and climbers RUCKSACK
Broom made from a bundle of twigs tied to a handle BESOM
Class of animals inhabiting sea and river beds INFAUNA
Derived SI unit of radioactivity BECQUEREL
Descendant of Herod the Great AGRIPPA
Erase from an account STRIKEOFF
Expression from America for a police patrol vehicle PROWLCAR
Fish related to the turbot WHIFF
Forming a line of slow-moving vehicles BUMPERTOBUMPER
Gain control by force CONQUER
In a position only partially prepared HALFCOCK
Island east of Skye in Inner Hebrides Raasay
Large, often destructive, tidal wave TSUNAMI
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Light savoury snacks or appetisers in Spain TAPAS
Luciano --, Italian operatic tenor PAVAROTTI
Mongoose in �The Jungle Book� RIKKITIKKITAVI
North American reindeer CARIBOU
Of or producing vinegar ACETIC
Old region in west central Asia Minor IONIA
Robbery at gunpoint STICKUP
Sauce made with red chili peppers PIRIPIRI
Sci-fi set in lawless society dominated by computer technology CYBERPUNK
Small songbird with a black head COALTIT
Spherical or nearly spherical bacteria COCCI
Three muscles of the buttocks and hips GLUTEI
Until 1918 the Italian name for Dubrovnik RAGUSA
White chalky earth that's tenacious and impervious CLAYMARL
Woodpecker or cuckoo that is supposed to be able to foretell wet weather RAINBIRD