The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2014 10 13

crossword answers
Clue Answer
In Irish folklore, a malevolent spirit said to haunt bogs and marshes POOKA
John --, English landscape painter (1776-1837) CONSTABLE
Leader of the baronial rebellion against Henry III SIMONDEMONTFORT
Tom --, character in Tobias Smollett's novel 'The Adventures of Roderick Random' BOWLING
The High German dialect of Switzerland, Alsace, etc. ALEMANNIC
The prehensile claw of an arthropod such as the crab CHELA
Royal city and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia KLANG
Book of the Apocrypha WISDOMOFSOLOMON
Novel by Anthony Burgess INSIDEMRENDERBY
Degree examination at Cambridge University GREATGO
Country that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 INDIA
Complex mixture of glycoproteins and polysaccharides, used primarily in the food industry GUMARABIC
Charlie Chan's chauffeur, played by Mantan Moreland BIRMINGHAMBROWN
Carrion-feeding carnivore HYENA
POEM BY MATTHEW ARNOLD THYRSIS
Cruciferous meadow-plant, with pale lilac-coloured flowers LADYSMOCK
'Das --', an opera by Richard Wagner RHEINGOLD
Australian Aborigine's club NULLA
Art --, US jazz pianist TATUM
A Mexican coarse sugar PANOCHA
-- Cottage, district in the London Borough of Camden SWISS
LARGE FLATFISH HALIBUT
Placido --, Spanish opera singer DOMINGO
Kind of music of the 1990s, influenced by groups such as the Beatles BRITPOP
Varity of deep-red winter apple WINESAP
US shot-putter, silver medallist at the 1904 Olympic Games WESLEYCOE
For one's country PROPATRIA
Edgar Rice --, author of the Tarzan stories BURROUGHS