The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 271 - Dec 30 2013

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-- Handicap, horse race run at York since 1843 EBOR
-- Spengler, character in the 'Ghostbusters' films EGON
Capital of Azerbaijan BAKU
Clear soup, with shredded vegetables JULIENNE
Constituency created by the Welsh Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election ARFON
Ferruccio --, Italian composer and pianist (1866-1924) BUSONI
Flat sea urchin of shallow coastal waters SANDDOLLAR
Howard --, English chess master (1810-74) STAUNTON
Industrial city and railway centre in Belarus MAHILYOW
Jim --, lead singer of The Doors MORRISON
John --, prime minister of New Zealand (1891-93) BALLANCE
Luigi --, Italian avant-garde composer of classical music (1924-90) NONO
Matt --, fictional character created by Donald Hamilton HELM
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Novel by Charles Dickens DOMBEYANDSON
Novel by Joseph Conrad NOSTROMO
Novel by Margaret Atwood BODILYHARM
Nursery rhyme character HUMPTYDUMPTY
Pear-shaped pot used in sublimation ALUDEL
River rising in the Vosges Mountains SAAR
Second most holy city of Islam, after Mecca MEDINA
Shakespeare play TIMONOFATHENS
Shropshire market town LUDLOW
Southernmost town on the Solway Firth MARYPORT
Town and resort on the Firth of Clyde DUNOON
US baseball player nicknamed the Georgia Peach TYCOBB
Writer of the screenplay of the Beatles' film 'A Hard Day's Night' ALUNOWEN