The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 993 - Nov 27 2011

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'-- the Bush Kangaroo', Australian TV programme SKIPPY
-- Gap, area of outstanding natural beauty through which the Thames flows GORING
A turning device moving in one direction RATCHET
Airport in South Ayrshire Prestwick
Archaic or poetic word for a great merchant ship ARGOSY
Breed of dog originally developed for dogfighting PITBULLTERRIER
Cause to lose one's composure UPSET
Evelyn --, English novelist 1903-66 WAUGH
Exaggerated or artificial, in the manner of actors STAGEY
Expression from Latin meaning without doubt SINEDUBIO
Hero of Homer's 'Iliad' ACHILLES
It is used to improve air quality in a room IONISER
Long-haired dog with a curly tail CHOWCHOW
Long-tailed edible shellfish SHRIMP
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Native living in southern Mexico or Central America NAHUATL
People regarded in terms of their knowledge and skill HUMANRESOURCES
Place where one feels at ease COMFORTZONE
Plunging below surface of frozen water ICEDIVING
Roald --, first man to reach the South Pole AMUNDSEN
Roman name for the Iberian peninsula HISPANIA
Shallow photographic dish WETPLATE
Small edible Pacific flatfish SANDDAB
Solid dot used to highlight items in a printed list BULLETPOINT
Solution of cresol in soap, forming a poisonous disinfectant LYSOL
Soothing ointment for wounds, sores, etc SALVE
St Francis's birthplace ASSISI
White wine produced in the Loire Valley SANCERRE
Yellow metallic element found in celestite STRONTIUM