The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,491 - Jun 27 2021

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1984 biographical drama film starring F Murray Abraham AMADEUS
Apart from Polar areas, the driest desert in the world ATACAMA
Beer which ferments in the cask REALALE
Benign growths composed of blood or lymph vessels ANGIOMATA
Canadian province, capital Edmonton ALBERTA
Coffee from a shrub widely grown in South America ARABICA
Debts not paid by due date ARREARS
Descendant of Herod the Great AGRIPPA
Former name of Lake Malawi NYASA
Fourteen books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in some Bibles APOCRYPHA
Grand Duchess -- Nikolayevna Romanov, 1901-?1918 ANASTASIA
Great hall in an ancient Persian palace APADANA
Hand-tool for boring holes in wood AUGER
Malign by making false accusations ASPERSE
Manila hemp, fibre from a Philippine plant ABACA
Method of painting using one layer of pigment ALLAPRIMA
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Monkey puzzle genus ARAUCARIA
Movable images used to represent people in cyberspace AVATARS
Nationality of one from Basra IRAQI
Of an anchor, just clear of the bottom ATRIP
Outer garment made from a Syrian cloth ABAYA
Publications that are produced yearly ANNUALS
Purple-flowered rock-plant AUBRIETIA
Roman flask with two handles AMPULLA
Seaport in Jordan or gulf in the Red Sea AQABA
Story about middle-class people AGASAGA
Surname of 2nd and 6th presidents of the USA ADAMS
Synthetic fabric resembling suede ALCANTARA
Things characteristic of the USA AMERICANA
US state known as Heart of Dixie, Yellowhammer State or Cotton State ALABAMA
Watchtower in Spain ATALAYA
Yuri --, 1934-68, Soviet cosmonaut GAGARIN