The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,150 - Dec 7 2014

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-- dumpling, suet pudding CLOOTIE
Alloy that imitates gold OROIDE
Cornish name for a mine WHEAL
Dave --, US jazz bandleader BRUBECK
Derived SI unit of electrical capacitance FARAD
Device for converting energy DYNAMO
Dialect of French spoken in a Swiss canton Vaudois
Drink made from pear juice PERRY
Ecclesiastical council SYNOD
Family of the water-rail genus of birds RALLIDAE
Field of activity or interest REALM
Fourteen-lined poem QUATORZAIN
Independent state in north-east Arabia KUWAIT
Justice in the Isle of Man DEEMSTER
Largest city in New Brunswick STJOHN
Late 18th-century porcelain made in an East Midlands city CROWNDERBY
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Mild cheese made in Cyprus, often fried or grilled HALLOUMI
Name for many poisonous plants RATSBANE
Of a word, difficult to pronounce CRACKJAW
One of the conic sections of a curve PARABOLA
Opening on the side of one's face EARHOLE
Popular place for surfing near Sydney BONDIBEACH
Robert --, 1627-91, Irish physicist and chemist BOYLE
Rugby union championship SIXNATIONS
Run not scored by the bat in cricket EXTRA
Shackle that can be locked round the wrist MANACLE
Spanish plateau traditionally associated with episodes in 'Don Quixote' LAMANCHA
Staffordshire reservoir east of Biddulph RUDYARD
State secondary school in France LYCEE
Tropical plant with trumpet-shaped flowers BIGNONIA
Type of narcissus with rush-like leaves JONQUIL
Variety of apple brought from Normandy RIBSTON