The Telegraph - QUICK CROSSWORD NO: 927 - Aug 22 2010

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-- Currie, Conservative MP from 1983 to 1997 EDWINA
-- Pound, US poet and critic 1885-1972 EZRA
Alternative spelling for a magistrate in Muslim countries QADI
Alternative spelling for a Turkish commander AGHA
Ancient continent supposed to have linked the present continents in the Southern Hemisphere GONDWANALAND
Beef served in a rich seasoned sauce STEAKDIANE
Cape --, promontory on east coast of North Carolina HATTERAS
Capital of Nunavut, a territory in northern Canada IQALUIT
Crustacean with long eyestalks found in the Indian Ocean SENTINELCRAB
Daringly innovative or unconventional AVANTGARDE
Desk with a flexible cover of slats ROLLTOP
Division of a tribe in Ireland or Scotland SEPT
Domestic slave in Anglo-Saxon times ESNE
Extinct volcano in central Japan FUJI
Grandson of Alfonso XIII who became king of Spain in 1975 JUANCARLOS
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John --, Surrey and England batsman awarded MBE in 1977 EDRICH
Marcel --, French novelist 1871-1922 PROUST
Mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis LETO
Novel by Jane Austen EMMA
Organic compound with toxic or medicinal property ALKALOID
Person who is outward-looking EXTROVERT
Plant with bright bell-shaped flowers GLOXINIA
River flowing into Indian Ocean northeast of Beira in Mozambique ZAMBEZI
Scottish word meaning stubborn REESTY
Sign of a pawnbroker THREEBALLS
Sister of Laertes in �Hamlet� OPHELIA
Species of woodruff used in treating tonsillitis QUINSYWORT
Third brightest star in Orion Bellatrix
Trousers with very narrow legs DRAINPIPES
Willie --, Home Secretary from 1979 to 1983 WHITELAW