The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 988 - Oct 23 2011

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Acute contagious disease of birds FOWLPEST
Any marine feathered creature SEABIRD
City in ancient Macedonia, scene of two battles in 42BC PHILIPPI
Derived SI unit of magnetic flux density TESLA
Detached area off Pembrokeshire, south of Skomer SKOKHOLMISLAND
Impure sodium sulphate SALTCAKE
Lively Spanish dance often with castanets or tambourine FANDANGO
Major city of Siberia, found near Lake Baikal IRKUTSK
Medical word for fever PYREXIA
Minor court official responsible for keeping order USHER
Motorised sledge with tracks at rear end SKIDOO
Movement that incorporates elements of modern culture POPART
Omar --, Egyptian actor born Michael Shalhoub SHARIF
Passage through which nerve and blood vessels enter pulp cavity of tooth ROOTCANAL
Person from an East African country TANZANIAN
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Person interrupting public speaker HECKLER
Put in dock because no longer fit for service LAYUP
Region and former kingdom of north-west Spain ASTURIAS
Rugby union team formerly known as Penzance and Newlyn CORNISHPIRATES
Small place at eastern end of Hoo Peninsula in Kent GRAIN
Something done for the sake of applause HOKUM
Study of growing fruit POMOLOGY
Tea-clipper now permanently docked at Greenwich CUTTYSARK
The Nunc Dimittis is also known as the Song of -- SIMEON
Tool for cutting metal HACKSAW
Town south of Preston in Ribble, Lancashire LEYLAND
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound RASPY
Venetian merchant and traveller 1254-1324 MARCOPOLO
Viscount Nelson's first name HORATIO
Vocabulary of a language LEXICON