The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 51 - Oct 12 2009

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-- goose, another name for the great northern diver EMBER
A former local government region in central Scotland LOTHIAN
A great Hindu sage or spiritual leader MAHARISHI
A joker, clown, or buffoon MERRYANDREW
A poem by Patti Smith from her 1972 book 'Seventh Heaven' FEMALE
A protein hormone, secreted in the pancreas INSULIN
A region of the brain deep in the cerebral cortex INSULA
Airport in Rio de Janeiro ITAPERUNA
Anne --, US travel writer and journalist (1769-1854) ROYALL
Another name for mountain beavers SEWELLELS
Birthplace of Lawrence of Arabia TREMADOC
City and tourist resort in central Florida ORLANDO
City in California founded by Mormons from Salt Lake City SANBERNARDINO
Country in the Middle East ISRAEL
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English ballerina (1910-2004) ALICIAMARKOVA
Former capital and chief port of Nigeria LAGOS
French monk, physician and satirist RABELAIS
Gary --, English footballer and commentator LINEKER
Industrial city in SE France GRENOBLE
Major gold-mining town in Victoria, Australia, in the mid-19th century BALLARAT
Major mountain system of South America THEANDES
One of the Society Islands TAHITI
Portuguese village that became a centre of Roman Catholic pilgrimage FATIMA
Producer whose films include 'The Third Man' and 'The Red Shoes' KORDA
Scottish novelist who wrote 'The Adventures of Roderick Random' SMOLLETT
Singer-songwriter, formerly with The Smiths MORRISSEY
The luminous phenomenon that is sometimes observed round the masts of ships STELMOSFIRE
US actor, star of 'Gone with the Wind' GABLE