The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 916 - Jun 6 2010

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-- -- the handle, lose one's temper FLYOFF
-- George Smollett, British novelist 1721-71 TOBIAS
1751 novel by Henry Fielding AMELIA
Another name for the little auk SEADOVE
Bess of --, name given to Countess of Shrewsbury 1518-1608 HARDWICK
Costermonger with most splendidly decorated costume PEARLYQUEEN
Criminal once forced to row a ship GALLEYSLAVE
Dame Edith --, English poet 1887-1964 SITWELL
Early kind of film projector BIOSCOPE
English poet 1809-1892 TENNYSON
Genus of shrubs and trees of the custard apple family XYLOPIA
Hard Italian cheese made from ewes' milk PECORINO
Heroine in novel of the same name by Charlotte Bront� JANEEYRE
Literary word for the sky or heaven WELKIN
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Main road built to avoid a congested area BYPASS
Mysterious, taught to a select few ESOTERIC
Of a beautiful sorceress in Greek mythology CIRCEAN
Ovum before it matures and starts to divide OOCYTE
Period between school and university spent doing non-academic activities GAPYEAR
Pulse dried and bisected for cooking SPLITPEA
Quantity larger than is needed EXCESS
Right to vote in political elections SUFFRAGE
Secret payment to secure a favour PAYOLA
Siren of the Rhine LORELEI
Soft Cheddar cheese originating in north-west France PONTLEVEQUE
Station near Wembley Park on Jubilee Line NEASDEN
Unlike a rink, without frozen water ICEFREE
Worthless self-analysis when direct action is required NAVELGAZING