The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2013 02 04

crossword answers
Clue Answer
1983 film starring Barbra Streisand YENTL
'Operation --', 1965 British spy thriller and World War II film CROSSBOW
Type of jazz singing characterised by improvised vocal sounds instead of words SCAT
Vasco da --, Portuguese navigator GAMA
Turkish port on the Mediterranean coast ISKENDERUN
Tom --, England test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and Worcestershire GRAVENEY
The sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley RAPJUMPING
The name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of Babylon BABEL
Alexandre --, Polish-born composer and virtuoso pianist (1897-1986) TANSMAN
An organic compound used in chemical warfare as a lethal nerve gas TABUN
Ancient country of SW Asia, between the Hindu Kush mountains and the Oxus River BACTRIA
Character played by Leonard Rossiter in the ITV sitcom 'Rising Damp' RIGSBY
Emiliano --, Mexican guerrilla leader ZAPATA
Father Ted --, the main character in the Channel 4 sitcom 'Father Ted' CRILLY
Former small copper coin of the Netherlands DOIT
Former Soviet monetary unit and gold coin worth ten roubles CHERVONETS
Island in central Hawaii, chief town: Honolulu OAHU
Migratory bird with a metallic green-gold plumage, also called shining cuckoo PIPIWHARAUROA
Novel by Franz Kafka (1927) AMERIKA
-- Institute, a music conservatory at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland PEABODY
Novel by J.B. Priestley (1930) ANGELPAVEMENT
Organ stop; song on the Beatles compilation album 'Live at the BBC' CLARABELLA
MARINE MAMMAL PORPOISE
Rampart of felled trees with branches outward ABATIS
Region in France, largely mountainous AUVERGNE
-- Tyler, US actress who played Andrea Marino in the TV drama series 'Ghost Whisperer' AISHA