The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2013 05 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Country in southern Africa NAMIBIA
Californian wine grape ZINFANDEL
EGYPTIAN GODDESS OF FERTILITY ISIS
In Greek mythology, a king of Thessaly who was married to 12 ADMETUS
Jack --, nursery rhyme character SPRAT
Large tubular noodles, usually stuffed with ricotta cheese and baked in a tomato sauce MANICOTTI
Novel by Erich Segal; BBC TV soap opera DOCTORS
Port in Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal CHITTAGONG
River rising in Tibet and flowing through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea INDUS
Sir Tim --, lyricist RICE
Town in central France, a centre for tapestries AUBUSSON
Upper house of the Indian parliament RajyaSabha
Play by Michael Morton, based on the Agatha Christie novel 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' ALIBI
German city, scene of a decisive defeat for Napoleon Bonaparte in 1813 LEIPZIG
Emperor of Austria (1848-1916) and king of Hungary (1867-1916) FRANZJOSEF
'The --', a play by Percy Bysshe Shelley CENCI
-- Cooper, sculptor best known for her bronze figure of Sacajawea ALICE
-- Monday, the first Monday after New Year's Day HANDSEL
A day on which no legal business can be done DIESNON
A fish trap consisting of a net suspended over a series of hoops, laid horizontally in the water FYKE
A millipede, having a hard shiny dark brown segmented exoskeleton SONGOLOLO
Ancient Roman deity, the guardian of gates and doors JANUS
Animated US TV series, featuring Tommy Pickles and Chuckie Finster RUGRATS
Aquatic fish-eating carnivore of the weasel family OTTER
Billy --, ballad singer and bandleader of the swing era ECKSTINE
Christian saint, an Archbishop of Milan AMBROSE
City near Paris, the seat of the French kings (1682-1789) VERSAILLES
Climbing frame for young children JUNGLEGYM
Old World monkey, one of the langurs DOUC
Guru --, founder of Sikhism NANAK
James --, 15th President of the US BUCHANAN
In Greek mythology, she saved 4's life by consenting to die on his behalf ALCESTIS