The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 216 - Dec 10 2012

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(Of leaves and flowers) developing upwards from the base or point of attachment ACROPETAL
(To be performed) with increasing slowness ALLARGANDO
1959 film written and directed by Robert Bresson PICKPOCKET
Avant-garde art movement pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque CUBISM
British Prime Minister (1770-82) LORDNORTH
Camera --, a dark chamber in which an image of outside objects is projected on a screen OBSCURA
Character in C.S. Lewis's 'The Screwtape Letters' WORMWOOD
Children's novel (1951) by C.S. Lewis PRINCECASPIAN
City in northern France, noted for its Gothic cathedral CHARTRES
Country of which Minsk is the capital BELARUS
Dannie --, Welsh poet who received the Wilfred Owen Poetry Award in 2009 ABSE
Historical novel by Evelyn Waugh HELENA
Large dark-bodied lizard living in Mexico and the southern USA CHUCKWALLA
Large nest of an eagle, built high in a tree or on a cliff EYRIE
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Largest swamp in Europe PRIPETMARSHES
Leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement WILLIAMMORRIS
Old World plant of the saxifrage family, with plumes of tiny white, pink, or red flowers ASTILBE
One of the virgin companions of the faithful in the Muslim Paradise HOURI
Philistine city in biblical times, now administered by the Palestinian National Authority GAZA
Pseudonym of Hablot Knight Browne, as illustrator of the works of Charles Dickens PHIZ
Publisher's emblem or imprint on the title page of a book COLOPHON
Residential suburb within the London Borough of Merton RAYNESPARK
Sir William --, astronomer who discovered Uranus HERSCHEL
Small animal of the weasel family, or its fur MINK
Song from 'West Side Story'; song from 'The Sound of Music' MARIA
Thomas --, English Protestant cleric and martyr (1489-1556) CRANMER
Type of Japanese porcelain, richly decorated in red, green, and blue IMARI
Winner of the English Greyhound Derby in 1929 and 1930 MICKTHEMILLER