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Telegraph Giant General Knowledge Answers

Saturday, 22nd April 2023
There are 32 across clues and 33 down clues for the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword on Saturday, 22nd April 2023. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 10: French novelist who, in order to prevent outings or procrastination thus forcing him to meet his deadline for writing The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, instructed that his clothes be hidden by his valet
AAcross 11: Conjured into a ship by Gwydion in The Mabinogion, marine algae with species in shades of brown, green or red, including carrageen, dulse, laver, oyster thief, peacock’s tail, sargasso, tangle and wrack
AAcross 13: Based on the Latin for “taste”, a word used to describe a piquant, salty or spicy flavour as opposed to sweet; or, a dish, canapé, nibble, snack etc with said umami quality
AAcross 14: Oological items whose emulation in chocolate at Easter is thought in Paganism to stem from the goddess of fertility or spring Ēostre/Ostara
AAcross 15: Word, derived from a Latin phrase roughly meaning “circle levelling day and night”, for the imaginary line around Earth at 0° latitude
AAcross 16: With examples depicted in the Dutch School artwork Scullery Maid and in various pieces by Jean-Siméon Chardin, bowls, pans, pots, spoons and other items of kitchenalia
AAcross 17: From the Greek for “solitary”, a religious ascetic or other individual living in seclusion; a species of hummingbird foraging alone along a regular route; or, a type of crustacean inhabiting a cast-off mollusc shell
AAcross 19: Invisible gaseous mixture through which radio or sound waves travel; a breeze or zephyr, such as that needed to disperse a samara; a melody; or, the “flight” of a skier mid jump
AAcross 20: From the French for “to laugh”, a word used to mean cheerful, chuckling, merry or smiling; or, of a landscape, delightful to the view
AAcross 21: From an old word for verse collectively, a small floral bouquet, nosegay or tussie mussie, often given as a gift; or, a little motto or sentiment inscribed inside a ring
AAcross 22: One’s bodily bearing or carriage when sitting, standing, walking etc; deportment; a yogic hand gesture or mudra; or, a mental attitude or moral stance adopted towards an issue
AAcross 25: A pouch in a book cover, garment, pitta, snooker table or sporran; one’s personal stock of money; a gold- or quartz-lined vug or bonanza in rock; or, a kangaroo’s marsupium
AAcross 27: Imitative word describing the sound of soft mud being walked on or a berry being crushed; public school slang for marmalade; or, a dated word for bosh, foolish talk or nonsense
AAcross 30: — VI, the yacht in which jigsaw puzzle-maker Sir Francis Chichester single-handedly sailed around the globe with just one stopGIPSY MOTH
AAcross 31: A boundary indicator; a symbol such as an X in place of a signature; the start line in a race; or, a target
AAcross 33: Textual matter in a book or a newspaper; an engraving; an edition; a moulded pat of butter; patterned cloth; or, unjoined handwriting
AAcross 35: From the Latin for “forefinger, informer, sign”, word for the aforesaid digit originally, later a symbol in the form of a pointing hand
AAcross 37: Henry I’s daughter Matilda; or, a Scottish shepherd’s traditional black-and-white checked plaid
AAcross 38: Containing Rasalhague the “snake-charmer’s head”, the Serpent Bearer constellation and so-called “forgotten” 13th sign of the zodiac
AAcross 41: Chin puffs, five-o’clock shadows, imperials, vandykes etc; or, awns of barley, barbels of fishes or gills of oysters, reminiscent of said ziffs
AAcross 43: Onomatopoeic word for the sound created by moving a mute in and out of a cornet or trumpet’s bell; or, a pedal for imitating said effect with an electric guitarWAH-WAH
AAcross 44: A casserole, daubière, Dutch oven, marmite or other pot in which to slow-cook meat/vegetables
AAcross 46: The Windsor Beauties artist whose surname is said to refer to the “fleur-de-lis” carved on the house where his father was bornLELY
AAcross 48: One of the tines of a fork; or, by extension, each of two or three parts of an attack or operation
AAcross 50: First-aid outfit, fishing-tackle, football strip, horse tack, sewing étui, soldier’s effects, toolbox or other set of gear for a specific purpose
AAcross 51: Showy clothing, jewellery and other gaudery; or, a hearth/forge for converting pig iron into wrought iron in a process replaced by puddling
AAcross 53: From the Greek for “glued-on descriptive first leaf of a manuscript”, an original minute of an agreement; a body of diplomatic etiquette; or, any code of correct conduct
AAcross 55: A flat-bottomed boat or structure serving as a buoyant support for a temporary floating bridge or landing stage; a float of a seaplane; or, the game blackjack or vingt-et-un
AAcross 56: From a Spanish word for a helmet, a barrel in which to store real ale, whisky, wine or other alcoholic drink; or, the quantity contained therein
AAcross 57: A fraction; a share of an estate descending to an heir; a helping of food suitable for one person; one’s destiny, fate or lot; or, a dowry
AAcross 58: An imitative folk name of green “awlbirds” or “nicker peckers”
AAcross 59: A strand of metal, such as one traditionally stretched across and above the end of a racecourse, hence a final decisive moment
DDown 1: A ship’s triangular or swallowtailed flag or pennant bearing the colours or emblem of its owner’s yacht club
DDown 2: Symbols such as decimal points, elements in Morse code or full stops; or, specks of colour in pointillism
DDown 3: Prospect or outlook; or, conjunction or other angular relationship between planets or points in a horoscope
DDown 4: Synonym of organic, pure or raw; a buff colour; a person of innate talent; a white piano key; or, a musical note, neither flat nor sharp, denoted J
DDown 5: Slot in a door or a red pillar for receiving mail; or, a case concealing a stamp in a puzzle-solving treasure hunt similar to geocaching
DDown 5: Slot in a door or a red pillar for receiving mail; or, a case concealing a stamp in a puzzle-solving treasure hunt similar to geocaching
DDown 6: From the Latin for “kiss”, a word used to mean intermediate between two taxonomic groups; adhering closely in zoology; or, kissing
DDown 7: Human-powered crafts in the form of bikes with biplane wings
DDown 8: Insects such as those likened to jewels or green shields; creepy-crawlies generally; microphones for eavesdropping; or, enthusiasts
DDown 9: From the Greek for “wheel”, a word for revolutions of phenomena or time; orbits; sequences of life stages; biorhythms; or, velocipedes
DDown 12: Michael Wolgemut’s protégé noted for his technical mastery in xylography, as seen in ApocalypseDÜRER
DDown 18: Gloves, either fingerless, attached with string or padded for boxing or holding hot oven dishes; or, hands
DDown 21: “Wolfgang” who postulated the existence of the tiny neutrinos or “ghost particles” that have no size
DDown 23: Named for its colour, likened to an oily green drupe, a variety of peridot that can transform into serpentine
DDown 24: From the Latin for “oarsman” or “rower”, a flight feather of a bird
DDown 26: A nonsensical riddle or puzzle upon which to meditate in Zen as a means to enlightenment
DDown 28: A seedless mandarin orange or a type of Japanese pottery named after the historical province in Kyūshū
DDown 29: Smallest elementary particle; or, by extension, a minute fragment
DDown 32: Hides of calves or lambs; catnaps, dozes or snoozes; beds or lodgings; or, paddles for spinning pennies in the Australian game of two-up
DDown 33: Pigmented substance such as watercolour; US term for a piebald horse; or, cosmetics collectively
DDown 34: Get-up-and-go; the opposite of pull; a forward move of a pawn; or, with definite article, dismissal
DDown 36: A race for donkeys or three-year-old horses; US word for a bowler hat; or, a cheese flavoured with sage
DDown 39: A builder of dry-stone walls
DDown 40: Cutting tool with a folding blade from which a dive involving a bend from the waist derives its name
DDown 42: Monkey pot or paradise nut tree in the family that includes the anchovy-pear, Brazil and cannonball-tree
DDown 43: Sylvan habitat whose ancient examples are indicated by species including bluebell, hart’s tongue fern, lichen, primrose and wild garlic
DDown 45: From the German for “vagrants” or “vagabonds”, a word for ambles, rambles, saunters or wanderings
DDown 47: Mythical mother of Minos after whom a continent’s name derives
DDown 49: A law clerk at Kenge and Carboy in Dickens’s Bleak House or, a rainbow-coloured millionfish
DDown 51: End of a race; gloss or veneer; social polish; or, wine’s aftertaste
DDown 52: Word, from the Latin for a garden of floribundas, damasks or other such blooms, for a string of prayer beads
DDown 54: A round; or, one’s “go” in a game
DDown 56: Hood of a monk’s habit; or, a white “hood” of an oast house’s chimney