The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2012 10 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ROMAN COMIC DRAMATIST TERENCE
Layer of meristem that forms cork on the outside, otherwise known as cork cambium PHELLOGEN
Leo --, author of 'Anna Karenina' TOLSTOY
Northern sea-duck whose fine down is used to make bedcovers EIDER
Principal goddess of the Babylonians and Assyrians ISHTAR
Seat of Brunel University UXBRIDGE
Species of eucalyptus of Western Australia, cultivated for its ornamental flowers MARRI
The political machine of a Communist party APPARAT
Very hot condiment, bright red in colour CAYENNEPEPPER
Wilbur and Orville --, aviation pioneers WRIGHT
Musical based on a novel by Richard Bissell THEPAJAMAGAME
Mountain in the western Himalayas NANGAPARBAT
Mineral consisting of titanium oxide ANATASE
Member of an ancient people of central Italy ETRUSCAN
Lucy --, a woman who keeps her maiden name after marriage STONER
Leonard --, London publisher of Oscar Wilde's 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' SMITHERS
Largest and most important island in French Polynesia TAHITI
Hybrid between the China rose and the musk rose NOISETTE
Former teletext service of the Independent Broadcasting Authority ORACLE
Cybill --, actress who played Jacy Farrow in 'The Last Picture Show' SHEPHERD
Citadel of Athens on which the Parthenon and Erechtheion stand ACROPOLIS
British PM regarded as responsible for the loss of the American colonies NORTH
Antelope of the central African swamplands SITATUNGA
A Brazilian fan palm CARNAUBA
2005 film written and directed by Gavin Hood TSOTSI
1860 satirical novel by Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker) MAXHAVELAAR
'It's a --', a Bonnie Tyler record HEARTACHE
Largest lake in Iran URMIA