The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 145 - Aug 1 2011

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'Tristram --', a novel by Laurence Sterne SHANDY
-- Atkins, US guitarist and record producer CHET
-- lamb, the barometz plant SCYTHIAN
A soft Italian cream cheese MASCARPONE
A synthetic fibre ACRYLIC
Billy --, Scottish footballer voted Leeds United's greatest player of all time BREMNER
Brazilian dance resembling the tango MAXIXE
City in central India INDORE
City in central Russia, linked by canal with Moscow TVER
Collective name for a series of novels by E.F. Benson MAPPANDLUCIA
Cravat with wide square ends, secured with an ornamental pin ASCOT
Divine hero of Greek mythology HYACINTH
George --, author of 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' ORWELL
Herb indigenous to China DONGQUAI
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Lonnie --, a skiffle musician DONEGAN
Old Testament book ESTHER
One of the major political parties in the Republic of Ireland FINEGAEL
One of the twelve tribes of Israel SIMEON
River that rises in the Pyrenees and flows to the Bay of Biscay GARONNE
Sir Derek --, English actor of stage and screen JACOBI
Sir Terry --, English author of fantasy novels PRATCHETT
The 38th President of the United States GERALDFORD
The giant fulmar OSSIFRAGA
The mignonette genus of plants RESEDA
US actor famous for his silent comedies HAROLDLLOYD
Woman's close-fitting brimless or nearly brimless hat TOQUE
Writer of girls' fiction, mostly boarding school stories ANGELABRAZIL