The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 909 - Apr 18 2010

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-- d�Orsay, French Foreign Office QUAI
Abnormally rapid respiration TACHYPNOEA
Blueish-white metallic element ZINC
Bump against with a jarring blow JOLT
Capital of Manitoba WINNIPEG
Chemical decomposition caused by water HYDROLYSIS
Degree of probability of loss RISK
Device for gauging level of audience appreciation in talent competition CLAPOMETER
Egg-laying organ in insects and some fishes OVIPOSITOR
Expression from Latin meaning mark well NOTABENE
Feline also known as the wildcat LYNX
Informal word for hair between nose and mouth TASH
Innermost chamber in Jewish temple in Jerusalem HOLYOFHOLIES
Jerome --, US composer 1885-1945 KERN
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Of an idealised romantic situation of kind associated with some fiction MILLSANDBOON
Painting or photograph of a person's face PORTRAIT
Person taking undue advantage of another ABUSER
Poem in four books by John Keats ENDYMION
Rock salt, chemical formula NaCl HALITE
Ship used by Sir Francis Drake to circumnavigate the globe GOLDENHIND
Significant and worthy of attention OFNOTE
Study of life under germ-free conditions GNOTOBIOLOGY
Temporary suspension of work LAYOFF
Turn to one's own purpose or advantage MANIPULATE
Vasco da --, Portuguese explorer GAMA
Violent, usually unprovoked action AGGRESSION
Wooded area in northeast London EPPINGFOREST
Word that is now rare for density SPISSITUDE