The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2014 03 31

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The heroine of 'The Merchant of Venice' PORTIA
Lord --, character in a comic strip in 'The Beano' SNOOTY
Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia RIYADH
In Greek mythology, the king of Ithaca renowned for his cunning and resourcefulness ODYSSEUS
INSTRUMENT FOR EXAMINING THE EAR OTOSCOPE
Country on the Caribbean coast of Central America BELIZE
Biblical patriarch, the grandfather of Noah METHUSELAH
Santa --, rocky island off the coast of California CATALINA
Alan --, Australian ballet dancer ALDER
A name for several American carrion-eating birds of prey CARACARA
A name for the Devil APOLLYON
-- Lewis, American track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals CARL
SIR SIMON --, ENGLISH CONDUCTOR RATTLE
Gaston Aime Camille Fontanille, also known as --, a French conman (1883-1923) DELANDRE
Poem by Philip Larkin CUTGRASS
Musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber CATS
John --, American modernist sculptor (1885-1956) STORRS
Novel by Donald Henderson Clarke (1933) FEMALE
Major waterway of central Thailand CHAOPHRAYA
French satirist, author of 'Pantagruel' and 'Gargantua' RABELAIS
Novel by Ruth Rendell THEBRIDESMAID
Sir John --, English conductor BARBIROLLI
Sparrow-like North American songbird related to the cardinals DICKCISSEL
Species of shrike, with black and white plumage but a red-brown crown WOODCHAT
In Greek mythology, a Trojan prince with whom the goddess Aurora fell in love TITHONUS
The fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet DALETH
Former unit of currency in Equatorial Guinea EKUELE
FC --, a Kazakhstan football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar IRTYSH