The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 1,619 - Dec 10 2023

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Alkaloid obtained from opium, used as an analgesic and sedative CODEINE
Antony ____-____, 1st Earl of Snowdon ARMSTRONGJONES
Beam supporting the laths of a ceiling JOIST
Blood-fine paid by a murderer to the victim's family ERIC
Brownish-grey colour TAUPE
Calvin ____, US fashion designer KLEIN
Capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate MAINZ
Character from the town of Carnal Policy in 'The Pilgrim's Progress' WORLDLYWISEMAN
Costa ____, Spanish coastal region BRAVA
Country north of Israel LEBANON
Cutting needles used in gramophone records STYLI
Cutting tool with an arched blade ADZE
Dress for a particular occasion GARB
Extremely rapidly and often recklessly HELLFORLEATHER
Family of hoofed animals Equidae
Franz ____, 1797-1828, Austrian composer SCHUBERT
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Gigantic South American constrictor ANACONDA
Green vegetable of the goosefoot family SPINACH
Hedgehog washerwoman in a Beatrix Potter book MRSTIGGYWINKLE
Island in San Francisco Bay with a prison until 1963 ALCATRAZ
Nihilistic art movement of the early 20th century DADAISM
Old Testament book between Amos and Jonah OBADIAH
Old Testament kingdom east of the Dead Sea MOAB
Older name for the Jewish month of Nisan ABIB
One of Miriam's brothers in the Old Testament MOSES
Sikh term for God SATGURU
Sitcom named after its creator and star, ____ Hart MIRANDA
Sonar, an echo-sounder ASDIC
Strong fibre of coconut husk COIR
Suffix denoting feminine agent TRIX
Tobias George ____, 1721-1771, Scottish novelist SMOLLETT
Type of rotating figure-skating jump LUTZ