The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 8 - Dec 15 2008

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-- Ashmole, English antiquary ELIAS
A decorated covering for a warhorse CAPARISON
A large medieval siege engine for hurling missiles TREBUCHET
A screw propeller mounted in front on an aircraft TRACTOR
A tropical Asian palm tree, and another name for sweet flag CALAMUS
An Italian dish of thin slices of raw meat or fish CARPACCIO
Belgian musician, generally regarded as the finest jazz guitarist of all time DJANGOREINHARDT
Ben --, golfer who won four US Open championships HOGAN
Ben Jonson play BARTHOLOMEWFAIR
Bog plant having heart-shaped leaves, tiny green flowers, and red berries WATERARUM
British prime minister (1997-2007) BLAIR
Capital of Jordan AMMAN
Capital of North Carolina RALEIGH
Daphne du Maurier novel REBECCA
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English poet who wrote the epic romance, 'The Faerie Queene' SPENSER
German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist (1856-1927) CARLRUNGE
In Greek mythology, the fluid said to flow in the veins of the gods ICHOR
Jane --, the third wife of Henry VIII SEYMOUR
Member of a Mexican Indian people AZTEC
Nathaniel --, author of 'The Scarlet Letter' HAWTHORNE
Small insects that suck plant juices APHIDES
South American republic on the Atlantic SURINAM
The detective hero of most stories by Dorothy L Sayers LORDPETERWIMSEY
The name of the first dog in space LAIKA
The national tree of Jamaica BLUEMAHOE
The opening words of William Congreve's 'The Mourning Bride' MUSICHATHCHARMS
West Midlands town HALESOWEN
Zubin --, conductor born in Bombay in 1936 MEHTA