The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2014 12 22

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Harmless spiny lizard of grotesque appearance MOLOCH
High pointed headdress worn by Christian bishops MITRE
Husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus JOSEPH
Large beaver-like rodent native to South America COYPU
Leo --, American composer and pianist (1921-99) SMIT
Name given to eight eastern US universities of particular academic and social prestige IVYLEAGUE
Part of the city of Ostrava in the Czech Republic MUGLINOV
Religious movement founded by the followers of theologian Emanuel Swedenborg NEWCHURCH
River in eastern Africa NILE
Small sweet orange like the mandarin NAARTJE
Traditional fairy tale, 'Beauty and --' THEBEAST
Bud --, music hall entertainer, part of a double act with Chesney Allen FLANAGAN
African antelope, smaller than the waterbuck to which it is related LECHWE
'Hansel and --', fairy tale of German origin GRETEL
-- Lauder, co-founder of her eponymous cosmetics company ESTEE
Actor who played Ashley Wilkes in the 1939 film 'Gone with the Wind' LESLIEHOWARD
British dependency near the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula GIBRALTAR
LONDON RAILWAY STATION CHARINGCROSS
& 1 Across 1983 film directed by Nagisa Oshima, starring David Bowie MERRYCHRISTMAS
European flowering plant, related to the carnation COWHERB
A CHINESE FRUIT LICHI
Largest city in Turkey ISTANBUL
SEE 9 DOWN MRLAWRENCE
ARCHAIC WORD FOR AN ACTOR HISTRIO
Irving Berlin song WHITECHRISTMAS
EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY UKRAINE
VERY LARGE WINE BOTTLE METHUSELAH
CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND EDINBURGH