The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,540 - Jun 5 2022

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A name for the killer whale GRAMPUS
Amblyopia, impaired sight without any apparent damage LAZYEYE
Annual horse race in the USA KENTUCKYDERBY
Aquatic Mexican salamander AXOLOTL
City-state within Rome VATICAN
Classified advertisement submitted by phone TELEAD
Co-star with Eric Sykes in the 1970s sitcom 'Sykes' HATTIEJACQUES
Crop-eating African weaver bird Quelea
Explosive crystalline compound TETRYL
Expression from Latin meaning lifelike ADVIVUM
French make of car RENAULT
Gold coin first struck in Byzantium BEZANT
Government order imposing a trade ban EMBARGO
Horse-racing course without jumps THEFLAT
In heraldry, a border within a shield ORLE
Israeli city by the Mediterranean TELAVIV
Lake between Israel and Jordan DEADSEA
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Make effervescent, put air into AERATE
Malt in the process of fermentation WORT
On the Adriatic, a region in north-east Italy VENETO
Ornamental chain worn above the foot ANKLET
Poetic word for hard, dark wood EBON
Public house serving its own real ale BREWPUB
Relating to the ear OTIC
River deposits ALLUVIA
Rowdy street bully HOODLUM
Shore by the Namib Desert SKELETONCOAST
Small tub with mechanisms that agitate the water WHIRLPOOLBATH
Southern African antelope BLESBOK
St. ____'s fire, electrical charge forming a glow round a ship's mast ELMO
Strait between India and Sri Lanka PALK
Strong metal grid fitted to the front of a road vehicle in Australia ROOBAR
Swedish pop group with the hit 'Waterloo' ABBA
Threatening, disquieting UGLY