The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 989 - Oct 30 2011

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-- Bannister, first person to run a mile in under four minutes ROGER
A way of treating heritable diseases GENETHERAPY
Accustomed, in the habit of doing USEDTO
Another name for the edible leafstalk chard SEAKALEBEET
Archaeological period, the Magdalenian REINDEERAGE
Denoting a large language family of eastern Asia SINOTIBETAN
Dolly --, US country singer PARTON
Eugenio Pacelli, he was Pope -- XII from 1939 to 1958 PIUS
Forcing liquid containing sand or other material into strata round a well bottom FRACKING
Genus of the madder plant family RUBIA
Harriet Beecher --, author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' STOWE
In Italian cookery, a meat and tomato sauce RAGU
Japanese swordsmanship, a martial art IAIDO
King of Judah noted for his religious reforms HEZEKIAH
Large circular tent for circus performances BIGTOP
North American spelling for a cleaver MEATAX
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Note of the nightingale JUGJUG
Of the darker part of a sunspot UMBRAL
One of five children born together QUIN
Period of poverty and hardship (named after a phrase in Joel 2:25) LOCUSTYEARS
Person engaged in a particular water sport Jetskier
Plant of the arum family also called eddo TARO
Plant of the sensitive plant genus MIMOSA
River flowing through Keswick GRETA
River formed at confluence of Euphrates and Tigris rivers ShattalArab
Small portable wickerwork cot Mosesbasket
Small symphony orchestra SINFONIETTA
Small with a delicate frame ELFIN
Son of Barachel, one of Job's comforters ELIHU
Tony --, British actor, TV presenter and comedian SLATTERY
Trousers made from strong cloth of twilled cotton CHINOS
White heron EGRET