The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,424 - Mar 15 2020

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Aneurin --, 1897-1960, Welsh Labour politician BEVAN
Antiheroine in Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair' BECKYSHARP
Christian descended from ancient Egyptians COPT
Doggedness or persistence TENACITY
Ethiopian capital ADDISABABA
Expression from Latin meaning from the beginning ABINITIO
Extra long dress or skirt MAXI
Female progenitor GENITRIX
Female who is crowned with flowers in spring MAYQUEEN
French expression for white wine VINBLANC
Given to thoughts and feelings of love ROMANTIC
Hard smooth coating ENAMEL
In 1906, the original name of the film 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' ESMERALDA
In the Andes, the world's highest active volcano COTOPAXI
Isolated volcanic area surrounded by water in South Atlantic Ocean ASCENSIONISLAND
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Italian painter noted for his religious and mythological works TITIAN
Male from Cork, e.g. IRISHMAN
Mixture of sweet-scented materials POTPOURRI
Name of three French emperors between 1804 and 1870 NAPOLEON
Of doubtful quality or legality IFFY
Picture house with several separate screens CINEPLEX
Relating to mysteries associated with a Thracian musician ORPHIC
Scarcely detectable amount SMIDGEON
Slightly leavened bread NAAN
Starlike source of radiation outside our galaxy QUASAR
Translucent spot on a moth's wing FENESTRA
Type of drum in East Africa NGOMA
Virtuoso solo passage CADENZA
Wood set alight at Christmas YULELOG