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Telegraph Giant General Knowledge Answers

Saturday, 18th March 2023
There are 33 across clues and 32 down clues for the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword on Saturday, 18th March 2023. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 11: Month that takes its name from a seasonal Roman ritual and festival of cleanliness and purification that anticipated and prepared for the start of spring
AAcross 12: Nickname of author, diarist and politician Sir Henry Channon who restored Kelvedon Hall; tokens for blackjack, poker or roulette; pommes frites; or, slices of dried banana
AAcross 13: From the Greek for “vinegar and honey”, an ancient type of tonic and method of preserving herbs using the aforesaid sour and sweet ingredients that are reputed to have therapeutic value in their own right
AAcross 14: From the Greek for “barley cake”, a body of matter with no definite shape; a crowd, flock, herd, the hoi polloi or other number of people or things; weight; or, in another sense, the celebration of the Eucharist
AAcross 14: From the Greek for “barley cake”, a body of matter with no definite shape; a crowd, flock, herd, the hoi polloi or other number of people or things; weight; or, in another sense, the celebration of the Eucharist
AAcross 15: District in London’s Southwark, site of a public school founded by Edward Alleyn as the College of God’s Gift and of a picture gallery designed by Sir John SoaneDULWICH
AAcross 16: Word for a kind of judge historically, later a chronicler, diarist, Dictaphone, minute-taker, scribe or other person or thing for registering or logging; or, an English flute
AAcross 17: From the French for “shell”, a mollusc with heart-shaped shucks; black tourmaline; a furnace, oast or stove; a little boat; or, a codename for a kayak in the Second World War
AAcross 19: Mesh used to make drifts/seines for catching fish, dividers for tennis courts, the weapons of choice of retiarii or marquisette canopies for protecting against mosquitoes
AAcross 20: Food such as campanelle “little bells”, conchiglie “shells”, capricci “coral” or cavatappi “corkscrews”
AAcross 21: Flower of a plant related to apples; a diamond cut with facets mimicking said bloom’s petals; a soft pink colour; a knot of ribbon on a shoe; or, a marigold window or oeil-de-boeuf
AAcross 22: From the Old French for “white”, a bedcover or manta; or, a layer of something such as bluebells, cloud, fog, snow or whale blubber
AAcross 25: An artificial cave in a picturesque landscape, often adorned with broken pottery, glass or shells
AAcross 27: A symbolic image or device, such as the dolphin-and-anchor example carrying the Latin motto festina lente, meaning “hasten slowly”
AAcross 30: From the Italian for “horse”, a word for a short or simple aria with an accompaniment evocative of said animal’s cantering or galloping gait
AAcross 31: A slope; a swindle; a sleeping policeman; a mobile stairway; an upward bend in a handrail; wild garlic/leek; or, an old word for a tomboy
AAcross 33: Beautifying cosmetics collectively; the result produced thereby; the layout of illustrations, text etc on a page; or, one’s natureMAKE-UP
AAcross 35: A “green-drake” whose genus name, Ephemera, means “short lived” or “lasting only a day”
AAcross 37: From the Old French meaning “to dance”, a soirée or masquerade for foxtrotting, waltzing and such
AAcross 38: Makers of cords for archery bows; threaders of beads; mineral veinlets; longeron-like structures in aircraft; or, freelance/part-time journalists
AAcross 41: A barrister’s burgundy cloth holdall for robes and wigs, presented by a KC/QC to a junior in recognition of their contribution to a caseRED BAG
AAcross 43: Word, derived from the practice of counting on the fingers, for said terminal members of one’s hand
AAcross 44: Fights or scuffles originally, later miscellanies or mixtures; musical potpourris; textiles woven from yarns of varying colours; or, races involving multiple swimming styles
AAcross 46: Word, related to “meat” through the idea of eating together or sharing food, for a companion, fellow worker, friend, one of a pair or a spouse
AAcross 48: A circumvolving part in a dynamo, generator or turbine; the winder of a clockwork watch; a wing of a helicopter; or, a violent lee eddy associated with turbulence
AAcross 50: From a shortening of the name of an apple grown from seed, the small kernel or stone of said fruit
AAcross 51: Author who wrote of the boarding school adventures of Darrell, Emily, Gwendoline, Mary-Lou and other girls in her Malory Towers booksBLYTON
AAcross 53: From the Latin for “night”, a journal of one’s thoughts and what passes during the hours or darkness, as opposed to a diary of the day
AAcross 55: An originally Welsh woollen textile for clothing; a facecloth; or, from the idea of soft warm fabric, a word for flattery, soft soap or vague talk to avoid a difficult subject
AAcross 56: Historically, a generic name referring to a girl as opposed to “jack” for a boy; a female ferret; or, a series of pony books by Ruby Ferguson
AAcross 57: Thought by Theophrastus to be a form of permanent ice, a silicious piezoelectric mineral such as the purple amethyst, smoky-brown cairngorm or the yellow citrine
AAcross 58: A metal tube at the end of a ribbon or shoelace; or, any ornamental pendant or dangling thing
AAcross 59: A pachyderm whose figurative occupancy in a room alludes to an obvious but ignored problem
DDown 1: From a word meaning “frozen”, a semifreddo-like Italian ice cream
DDown 2: Rows of dominoes; limbs used in a form of wrestling performed as a trial of strength; sleeves; branches; sides of chairs; or, octopus tentacles
DDown 3: A barefooted meander in shallow water; a dabble by a duck; a utensil for shaping butter/gnocchi or for mixing; or, an oar for propelling a canoe
DDown 4: Described in Jerome K Jerome’s novel Three Men on the Bummel, the sport or pursuit of “pedal power”
DDown 5: Word for handwriting, anything written or for the more specific sacred writings of a religion
DDown 6: A senior prelate of an episcopate or “the purple”; or, port/wine mulled with bitter oranges, cloves and spices
DDown 7: Coffee served in shots or used as the basis of cappuccino; or, the method/machine for making this
DDown 8: From the Latin for “lockable room” or “with key”, a private room originally, later a body of cardinals; the chamber where they meet to elect a new pope; or, any secret assembly
DDown 9: Artisan who colours cloth or yarn
DDown 10: Grooved rings in which gems or watch crystals are set; oblique facets on the crowns of cut diamonds; or, sloping cutting edges of chisels
DDown 18: In the tales of A A Milne, mother of Roo whose friends include Pooh and the beech tree-dwelling grandson of “Trespassers Will” named Piglet
DDown 21: Inventor of a six-coloured 3-D bűvös kocka “magic cube” puzzleRUBIK
DDown 23: A plant’s collective foliage
DDown 24: Mineral used to coat nail files
DDown 26: A flat receptacle such as a baking sheet, a board for conveying tea things, a holder in a CD player or a desk organiser for pending papers
DDown 28: The squire of a prince’s stables originally, later an officer attendant to the British Royal household
DDown 29: A thrust with an épée, finger, foil etc; an attempt or try; an unpleasant pang; or, a single quick note or “hit” by a group of horns or a keyboard
DDown 32: Earthenware pipes on chimney tops; wicker traps for lobsters; beer mugs; planters; or, rotund bellies
DDown 33: A tall cereal grass; its grain; or, the yellow colour of its corncobs
DDown 34: Block of wood used to impede an animal’s movement originally, later a sabot-like shoe; or, any hindrance
DDown 36: A story conveying a moral, such as Aesop’s The Tortoise and the Hare
DDown 39: A ravine or valley cut by rainwater; a channel at the side of a tenpin bowling lane; a gutter or storm drain; or, a fielding position in cricket
DDown 40: Term, derived from Sir Thomas More’s idealistic island, for individuals who seek societal perfection
DDown 42: The chickpea whose cooking water, aquafaba, is used as a vegan substitute for egg whites in macarons, marshmallows, meringues, mousse and many other dishes/delicacies
DDown 43: A sailor’s duffel or “housewife” for personal belongings, odds and ends, sewing items etc; or, the mess kit of a Brownie or a GuideDITTY BAG
DDown 45: Dog with a breed popularised by Charles II and another named after Blenheim Palace, for example; or, alluding to its reputed submissive nature, a word for a fawning person
DDown 47: Ruler of the winds encountered by Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey
DDown 49: A frill or furbelow; a quarrel; or, a low continuous beat of a drum
DDown 51: A short written document originally, later an order requiring a householder to lodge soldiers; or, the quarters requisitioned
DDown 52: Meaning “black dragon”, dark China tea with the flavour of green
DDown 54: A sea swallow; or, a prize for drawing three winning numbers
DDown 56: Surname of the Welsh-born sibling artists Augustus and Gwen