The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2014 02 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CARD GAME CRIBBAGE
THE MUSE OF ASTRONOMY URANIA
Novel by Henry James THEAMERICAN
CROSSBRED HUNTING DOG LURCHER
Equatorial republic in South America ECUADOR
1979 Barbra Streisand album WET
1959 Johnny Mathis album HEAVENLY
-- tail, a freehold interest in land restricted to a particular line of heirs FEE
-- Contemptibles, the British expeditionary force to France in 1914 OLD
'The --', a 1904 ragtime composition by Scott Joplin SYCAMORE
Notorious London prison, demolished in 1902 NEWGATE
The fastest animal on land CHEETAH
Sutton --, an archaeological site in Suffolk HOO
Star of the 1939 film 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' ROBERTDONAT
Ralph --, theatrical producer best known for staging the original 'Gang Show' READER
A Spanish river, an Iranian ski resort, and a Portuguese language ALVARES
1938 film starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy TOOHOTTOHANDLE
Plant growing chiefly on sea cliffs and mountains THRIFT
A Sidney Bechet instrumental, a hit for Chris Barber's Jazz Band in 1959 PETITEFLEUR
2008 play by Howard Brenton NEVERSOGOOD
1997 film starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt (2,4,2,2,4) ASGOODASITGETS
1989 film starring Eric Roberts, and featuring Julia Roberts BLOODRED
Powerful insecticide LINDANE
John --, English novelist, author of 'The Magus' FOWLES
Popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1938 film 'Carefree' CHANGEPARTNERS
A cactus of a genus that comprises the prickly pears OPUNTIA
Spy novel by Len Deighton THEIPCRESSFILE
One of the major Amazon ports, in Colombia, on the border with Brazil and Peru LETICIA