The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2022 06 05

The Telegraph General Knowledge

Clue	Answer
Poetic word for hard, dark wood	EBON
Make effervescent, put air into	AERATE
Threatening, disquieting	UGLY
Aquatic Mexican salamander	AXOLOTL
Rowdy street bully	HOODLUM
RIVER DEPOSITS	ALLUVIA
Classified advertisement submitted by phone	TELEAD
Explosive crystalline compound	TETRYL
Expression from Latin meaning lifelike	ADVIVUM
French make of car	RENAULT
Gold coin first struck in Byzantium	BEZANT
Government order imposing a trade ban	EMBARGO
St. ____'s fire, electrical charge forming a glow round a ship's mast	ELMO
Strait between India and Sri Lanka	PALK
Public house serving its own real ale	BREWPUB
Crop-eating African weaver bird	QUELEA
Lake between Israel and Jordan	DEADSEA