The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 18 - Feb 23 2009

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A hero of the Trojan War, the son of Telamon and king of Salamis AJAX
A large odd-toed hoofed mammal with a short flexible proboscis TAPIR
A US record industry award GRAMMY
An island in Venice RIALTO
Australian poet who wrote 'Waltzing Matilda' BANJOPATERSON
Capital of Spain MADRID
Chief of the nine magistrates of ancient Athens ARCHON
City in Ontario, Canada GUELPH
Dick --, a character in 'The Old Curiosity Shop' SWIVELLER
Form of pinball popular in Japan PACHINKO
Home of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club where Tiger Woods won the Claret Jug in 2006 HOYLAKE
In Greek legend, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who killed his mother and her lover, Aegisthus ORESTES
In Greek mythology, the winged goddess of victory NIKE
Italian ballerina, the original Giselle (1841) in Paris CARLOTTAGRISI
Julio -- Garcia, President of Costa Rica (1920-24) ACOSTA
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King Arthur's sword EXCALIBUR
Martin --, German religious reformer, and founder of the Reformation LUTHER
Miss --, a musical, an adaptation of 'Madame Butterfly' SAIGON
Nurse executed by the Germans in WWI for helping Allied prisoners to escape CAVELL
One of Jupiter's moons ADRASTEA
One of the Volcano Islands IWOJIMA
Province in Ecuador named after the Spanish explorer, Francisco de -- ORELLANA
Robert --, the 'Birdman of Alcatraz' STROUD
Small town on the fringe of the Lake District ASPATRIA
The brightest star in the constellation Canis Minor PROCYON
The Galaxy MILKYWAY
The name of 13 Popes between 417 and 1724 INNOCENT
The personification of maternal sorrow NIOBE
The potter's field near Jerusalem purchased with the bribe Judas took for betraying Jesus ACELDAMA
Tudor warship on display in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard MARYROSE