The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2014 06 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
L. Frank --, author of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' BAUM
Bushy perennial mint, used as a seasoning OREGANO
Character in 'Our Mutual Friend', sister of Bella LAVINIAWILFER
Freshwater duck; a dark greenish-blue colour TEAL
In the Old Testament, the first wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel LEAH
Janet --, New Zealand novelist and writer of short stories FRAME
Large tropical tree that bears yellow flowers and long brown seed pods TAMARIND
Aquatic South African frog PLATANNA
Largest of the Ryukyu Islands, scene of heavy fighting in World War II OKINAWA
Monetary unit of Portugal, replaced by the euro ESCUDO
Narrative poem by Thomas Moore, published in 1817 LALLAROOKH
Novel by MacKinlay Kantor that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 ANDERSONVILLE
Plant of the saxifrage family, with plumes of white, pink, or red flowers ASTILBE
Port and resort in Jamaica MONTEGOBAY
Slender-stemmed plant with a hanging blue flower HAREBELL
Man notorious for seducing women CASANOVA
Aaron Copland ballet RODEO
-- Dundee, boxing trainer and cornerman of Muhammad Ali ANGELO
Small fern that grows in rosettes on rocks and walls SPLEENWORT
Stringed musical instrument of ancient Greece CITHARA
The hemlock spruce genus TSUGA
Thomas --, Jacobean playwright MIDDLETON
Title and chief character in a drama by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NATHANTHEWISE
HORROR NOVEL BY PETER STRAUB GHOSTSTORY
US actor, the primary TV animation voice of Batman from 1968 to 1984 OLANSOULE
US jazz saxophonist, known as 'The Sound' GETZ
Volcanic mountain in the Canary Islands TEIDE
Novel by Vita Sackville-West THEEDWARDIANS