The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,028 - Aug 5 2012

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1850 opera in three acts by Wagner LOHENGRIN
Adjustable focused-beam lamp SPOTLIGHT
Antonio --, Italian composer and violinist 1678-1741 VIVALDI
Breed of sheep originating in Holland TEXEL
Brightest star in Scorpius constellation ANTARES
Cain went to this country east of Eden after he killed Abel LANDOFNOD
Castle that was the childhood home of the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother GLAMIS
Cinema divided into several smaller cinemas MULTIPLEX
Close friend of Aeneas in 'Aeneid' ACHATES
Decreased sensibility to pain HYPALGIA
Encroached upon (another person's rights or land) INVADED
Female sandpiper or ruff REE
German or Austrian rifleman or sharpshooter JAGER
Having a peculiar ringing cough CROUPY
Heavy goods vehicle HGV
Latin expression meaning time flies TEMPUSFUGIT
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Legendary Chinese bird that is sometimes called the phoenix FUM
Light-reflecting pigmentary layer of the retina TAPETUM
Malay or Javanese chief RAJAH
Neapolitan secret society formed c1820 CAMORRA
New Zealand plant of the genus Phormium FLAXBUSH
Of the secondary geological era MESOZOIC
Rigsby's cat in 'Rising Damp' VIENNA
Ruler of a small state or realm TOPARCH
Scottish word meaning smothered or suffocated SMORED
Small rope for fastening a boat used only in fine weather LAZYPAINTER
Technician who blends different camera shots VISIONMIXER
Tree or shrub of the Aralia family PANAX
Tropical American plant with bell-shaped flowers GLOXINIA
Upper arm bone from shoulder to elbow HUMERUS
US mail delivery that used continuous relays of horse riders PONYEXPRESS
Well-boring plant RIG