The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 979 - Aug 21 2011

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Amulet used as defence against demons PENTACLE
Ancient Mexican Indian AZTEC
Anxious or exciting event or experience NAILBITER
Archaic word meaning to rob or plunder REAVE
Blissful or heavenly IDYLLIC
Coarse cloth made of jute HESSIAN
Condition of timeless existence ETERNITY
Counter for payment for goods in a shop CASHDESK
Discarded electrical equipment EWASTE
European oak bearing sessile acorns DURMAST
Follower of a Soviet Communist dictator STALINIST
Franklin --, 14th President of the USA PIERCE
Freeman of the City of London LIVERYMAN
Heartwood, central core of dark hardwood in tree-trunks DURAMEN
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Irish-born novelist, author of 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy' STERNE
Move mouth in time with recorded speech or song LIPSYNC
Nottinghamshire town south-east of Sheffield WORKSOP
Performer of gymnastic feats ACROBAT
Plant of the mint family with tubular flowers SKULLCAP
Rare alternative word for the act of being a tenant OCCUPANCE
Sharp telling-off intended to make recipient make more effort KICKINTHEPANTS
Son of Zacharias and Elizabeth, cousin of Jesus JOHNTHEBAPTIST
Spanish interjection of admiration, surprise or annoyance CARAMBA
Tube-shaped passage in the body CANAL
Type of travel ticket SAVER
Unbleached cotton fabric without a printed design CALICO
With just enough to make ends meet ONTHEBREADLINE
Writing fluid that remains invisible on paper until it is heated SYMPATHETICINK