The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2015 02 02

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Unit of weight, used in the Far East TAEL
Cereal with a high gluten content, used chiefly to make pasta DURUMWHEAT
Small three-masted vessel, formerly used by Algerian pirates XEBEC
A yellow sapphire ORIENTALTOPAZ
A wine of the most superior grade, or the vineyard that produces it GRANDCRU
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL OF SOUTH AFRICA PRETORIA
2006 romantic comedy film starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn THEBREAKUP
1987 science fiction film set in Detroit, in the near future ROBOCOP
1992 comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn MYCOUSINVINNY
1930 film produced and directed by Cecil B. De Mille MADAMSATAN
Soviet gymnast, born in Belarus, who won two individual gold medals in the 1972 Olympic Games OLGAKORBUT
Type of tongueless shoe with lacing up the instep GHILLIE
Short gun for firing shells on high trajectories at low velocities HOWITZER
The medieval capital of Flanders LILLE
COSMETIC PRODUCT LIPLINER
The department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence WAROFFICE
Elton John single NIKITA
CAPITAL OF SWITZERLAND BERN
Brazilian port on the west coast of Santa Catarina Island FLORIANOPOLIS
French commune famous for its faience APREY
Peter --, racehorse trainer (1907-73) CAZALET
Jazz standard, an early composition by saxophonist Sonny Rollins DOXY
In the Bible, the father of Jonah AMITTAI
In Homer, Virgil, etc, of or relating to the Greeks besieging Troy ARGIVE
Large powerfully-built Japanese breed of dog AKITA
Mike --, writer of the song 'Bright Eyes' for the animated film 'Watership Down' BATT
Novel by Keith Waterhouse BILLYLIAR
Novella by A.J. Cronin COUNTRYDOCTOR