The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 283 - Mar 24 2014

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-- Presley, early rock and roll singer ELVIS
2002 science fiction thriller film starring Mel Gibson SIGNS
A people who ate the fruit of the lotus, among whom Odysseus lived for a time LOTOPHAGI
Alain --, French film director RESNAIS
Ancient town in Italy, originally at the mouth of the Tiber OSTIA
Australian ladybird, introduced elsewhere to control insect pests VEDALIA
Breed of horse, typically having a spotted rump APPALOOSA
Captain Disko --, a character in Kipling's 'Captains Courageous' TROOP
Coniferous tree of New Zealand with oval leaves and round cones KAURI
Constellation on the celestial equator near Pisces and Aquarius CETUS
Cordial, originally flavoured with sundew juice ROSASOLIS
Covered passageway from a cloister between transept and chapterhouse SLYPE
Dustin --, US pianist and composer OHALLORAN
Former haunt of thieves and debtors around Whitefriars in London ALSATIA
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Frank --, winner of the marathon at the 1972 Munich Olympics SHORTER
Highlander's cap, often with ribbons dangling at the back GLENGARRYBONNET
HMS '--', vessel associated with Captain James Cook ENDEAVOUR
In architecture, a low vault shaped like a quarter sphere CULDEFOUR
Joseph --, essayist and poet, and co-founder of 'The Spectator' ADDISON
Main character in the 'Blondie' comic strip of Chic Young DAGWOODBUMSTEAD
Naval patrol boat VEDETTE
Novel by Dan Brown DIGITALFORTRESS
One of the three superstates in George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' EURASIA
Painting by Sandro Botticelli THEBIRTHOFVENUS
Plant that grows among rocks and on walls STONECROP
Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church KERYGMA
The finest papyrus HIERATICA
The Muslim name for God ALLAH