The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 71 - Mar 1 2010

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'-- the Cavalry', a 1980 hit single for Jona Lewie STOP
-- Cogan, singer known as 'The Girl With A Laugh In Her Voice' ALMA
1966 Beatles album REVOLVER
1980 film starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor STIRCRAZY
A fruit, also called nashi ASIANPEAR
Another name for chital AXISDEER
Asian republic VIETNAM
City in Cuba SANTACLARA
Cockney rhyming slang for tea ROSIELEE
Dark-red wines of Bordeaux CLARET
Horatio --, US author of boys' adventure stories ALGER
Inflammation of the eye, especially conjunctivitis OPHTHALMIA
Isamu --, US sculptor (1904-88) NOGUCHI
Island in the Bristol Channel LUNDY
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Joanna --, winner of the 1996 Saga Prize for her novel 'Sister Josephine' TRAYNOR
Northern constellation containing the star Vega LYRA
Paul --, German hymn writer (1607-76) GERHARDT
Radioactive metallic element URANIUM
Radiohead's debut single CREEP
Royal home in London, situated on The Mall CLARENCEHOUSE
Second World War nickname of General Joseph W. Stilwell VINEGARJOE
Singer and actress, known as the 'Brazilian Bombshell' CARMENMIRANDA
Small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum PHYLACTERY
South African river VAAL
The dried narcotic juice of the white poppy OPIUM
Town on the north coast of Scotland THURSO
US writer, author of 'The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas' GERTRUDESTEIN
White rainbow or luminous ring sometimes seen in Alpine regions opposite the sun in foggy weather CIRCLEOFULLOA