The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 853 - Mar 22 2009

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-- Republic, part of Hispaniola DOMINICAN
Another name for acetylene ETHYNE
Beetle with luminescent organs GLOWWORM
Brightest star in the constellation Cygnus DENEB
Daughter of Tantalus renowned for her weeping NIOBE
Eastern warehouse or storeroom GODOWN
French name for the English Channel LAMANCHE
Greek goddess of wisdom ATHENE
Hallucinations as a result of overindulging with alcohol PINKELEPHANTS
Hard nutty filling for confectionery CRACKNEL
Hot drink consisting of beer with addition of spirit, sugar and spice COBBLERSPUNCH
Indian songbird related to the weaver birds AMADAVAT
Kenneth --, Scottish author 1859-1932 GRAHAME
Lake on border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan ARALSEA
Large container for laundering clothes WASHTUB
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Liz --, actress HURLEY
Look superstitiously thought to cause harm EVILEYE
Made from a tree of the genus Alnus ALDERN
Most famous of Arthur's knights LANCELOT
Music city in Tennessee NASHVILLE
Orderly in behaviour RULY
Part of society easily influenced by advertising ADMASS
Small crowded inflorescence in grasses SPIKELET
Surface for some still-life photography TABLETOP
Television entertainment for children KIDVID
To be sure, certainly NODOUBT
Tropical American evergreen plant of the family Araceae MONSTERA
US record industry�s equivalent of an Oscar GRAMMY
Victoria is the chief town on this Mediterranean island GOZO
Yellow wild flower COWSLIP