The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 152 - Sep 19 2011

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1972 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock FRENZY
1987 comedy film starring Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger NADINE
2006 novel by Philip Roth EVERYMAN
A flavouring in food and drinks ANISEED
A Linnaean class of plants having two stamens DIANDRIA
A mixed fabric of wool and silk or mohair and cotton ALEPINE
A rich strong silk fabric used for hangings, vestments, etc PADUASOY
African country once known as Abyssinia ETHIOPIA
Buddy --, actor who played Jed Clampett in the TV series 'The Beverly Hillbillies' EBSEN
Christian --, Austrian physicist (1803-53) DOPPLER
Commuter town in Surrey at the foot of the North Downs OXTED
Diving bird, a member of the auk family GUILLEMOT
Draped skirtlike garment of printed cotton or calico worn by Polynesians LAVALAVA
Federico --, Italian film director (1920-93) FELLINI
Former name (1971-97) for the Democratic Republic of Congo ZAIRE
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Game with rackets and a shuttlecock BADMINTON
German name for Gdansk DANZIG
Jean --, French painter who invented the concept of Art Brut DUBUFFET
Lorenzo --, Italian who wrote the libretto for Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' DAPONTE
Marshland bush of N America that blooms in spring before the leaves emerge RHODORA
Mountain peak in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland EIGER
Northants market town DAVENTRY
Old World variety of sorghum, cultivated for grain and fodder DURRA
Patriotic song written by Irving Berlin GODBLESSAMERICA
Rare contagious disease that mainly affects horses GLANDERS
Song by Bob Dylan, released on his 1965 album 'Bringing It All Back Home' MRTAMBOURINEMAN
The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in I'm, let's) ELISION
The protagonist in Margaret Atwood's 2003 novel 'Oryx and Crake' SNOWMAN
The second planet from the sun in the solar system VENUS
Two-masted Dutch fishing vessel DOGGER