|
Across | 8 | | In Indian cookery, an appetizer
consisting of vegetables deep-
fried in batter (5) |
| 9 | | A geological epoch of the Tertiary
period, marked by the start of
global cooling (9) |
| 11 | | British animated children's TV programme first broadcast in 1974, featuring a green dog (7) |
| 12 | | An easily caught small carp-like
freshwater fish, genus Gobio (7) |
| 13 | | A usually close-fitting one-piece
garment extending from the neck to
the feet, worn chiefly by athletic
performers (7) |
| 14 | | A very dry white Burgundy wine
produced near Auxerre, in the
department of Yonne (7) |
| 15 | | Former RAF base in Berkshire, the
main site of the UK's Atomic Weapons Establishment (11) |
| 20 | | The white nutritive material
surrounding the yolk in the eggs
of higher animals (7) |
| 22 | | 19th-century castle near Ledbury,
Herefordshire, founded by the 1st
Earl Somers (7) |
| 24 | | A satellite launched in July 1962,
used to relay television pictures
and telephone conversations across
the Atlantic (7) |
| 26 | | A long-shafted axe-like weapon
with a hook or pick on the
reverse, originally used in the
late Middle Ages (7) |
| 27 | | James Bond film featuring Lois
Chiles as space scientist Dr Holly
Goodhead (9) |
| 28 | | A small gnat-like fly which
appears in dancing swarms
especially near water (5) |
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Down | 1 | | A major badminton competition
contested by women's national teams, first held in 1956-57 (4,3) |
| 2 | | Tin-glazed, often highly decorated
earthenware, produced especially
in Italy in the 16th
century (8) |
| 3 | | The capital city of Albania (6) |
| 4 | | American singer, songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist, born Walden
Cassotto in 1936 (5,5) |
| 5 | | Island in the Inner Hebrides of
Scotland whose quartz beach at
Cleadale is known as the
"singing sands" (4) |
| 6 | | Brian ___ , art critic described
by broadcaster Clive Anderson as
"a man intent on keeping his
Christmas card list nice and
short" (6) |
| 7 | | A breed of large powerful long-
haired black-coated mountain dog,
originating in Switzerland (7) |
| 10 | | Australian slang term for Great
Britain (3,4) |
| 14 | | Female Labour politician who
became the Secretary of State for
International Development in 1997 (5,5) |
| 16 | | The Greek goddess of agriculture
and corn, counterpart of the Roman
Ceres (7) |
| 17 | | A video games console machine
which allows computer games to be
projected onto, and played, using
a TV screen (8) |
| 18 | | A form of jazz music of black
American origin, with highly
syncopated melody, popularized by
Scott Joplin (7) |
| 19 | | Alan ___ , a villainous character
in the TV soap Coronation
Street in the 1980s, played by
Mark Eden (7) |
| 21 | | Hilaire ___ , writer of the
satirical book Cautionary Tales
for Children in 1907 (6) |
| 23 | | A highly seasoned fatty sausage of
pork and beef, usually sliced very
thinly (6) |
| 25 | | An aniseed-flavoured spirit of
Turkey and eastern Mediterranean (4) |
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