The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 162 - Nov 28 2011

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1987 Stanley Kubrick film FULLMETALJACKET
A durable twilled woollen or worsted fabric SERGE
A Greek personification of prudence METIS
Arthur --, English book illustrator (1867-1939) RACKHAM
Cheshire town near Crewe ALSAGER
Chief political adviser to Queen Victoria after her accession in 1837 MELBOURNE
City that is home to the United States Air Force Academy COLORADOSPRINGS
Compound present in blood platelets and serum SEROTONIN
Continuously reiterated musical phrases OSTINATOS
Country in West Africa, between Togo and Nigeria BENIN
Don --, US actor who starred in 'Hotel Rwanda' CHEADLE
Former marshland where the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion was defeated in 1685 SEDGEMOOR
Gentleman thief in a series of books by E.W. Hornung RAFFLES
Girl in Hilaire Belloc's 'Cautionary Tales' who told 'such Dreadful Lies' MATILDA
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Giulio --, winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in chemistry, with Karl Ziegler NATTA
Italian folk verse form STORNELLO
Joan --, Grammy-winning US composer TOWER
Mark --, author of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' TWAIN
Order of birds; the Gallinae RASORES
Part of the London Borough of Camden HAMPSTEAD
Phoenician goddess of fertility ASTARTE
Play by Sheridan THECRITIC
President of Syria (1971-2000) ASSAD
Rich spicy Chinese soup BIRDSNEST
Romantic novel by Margaret Mitchell GONEWITHTHEWIND
Small slow-moving nocturnal primate LORIS
Valved brass musical instrument ALTHORN
Wire-haired dog with a black and tan coat LAKELANDTERRIER