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Telegraph Giant General Knowledge Answers

Saturday, 9th September 2023
There are 32 across clues and 32 down clues for the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword on Saturday, 9th September 2023. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 11: Playwright and novelist whose summer spent on the Scottish isle of Eilean Shona inspired his make-believe world Neverland, inhabited by Lost Boys, mermaids, Peter Pan and a fairy he called Tinker Bell
AAcross 12: A downy aigrette, marabou or other large, ornamental or showy feather; or, something reminiscent of said panache, such as a cloud/wisp of smoke, a T-shaped white moth or a pappus of a dandelion clock
AAcross 13: From “baton”, “stick” or “wand”, an elongated ficelle-like loaf of French bread with a crisp crust; or, something reminiscent of this in shape, such as a long rectangular gem or an astragal-like moulding
AAcross 14: Meaning “robe”, an ornate cover, oklad or revetment of silver or gilt for protecting a Russian religious icon, through which only the subject’s face, feet and manuses can be seen
AAcross 15: From the Italian for “little sleeves” or “muffs”, pasta in the form of tubes, typically served stuffed with ricotta and baked in marinara sauce
AAcross 16: From the Latin for “wood”, the genus of small songbirds that includes the blackcaps, garden warblers and whitethroats
AAcross 17: Word for a small door in or near a larger one originally, later any gate; a loophole or grill; a box-office window; an arrangement of stumps and bails in cricket; or, a batter’s innings
AAcross 18: Nicknamed “possum” by fellow poet Ezra Pound, the author of a series of “cat poems”, written for his godchildren, that later formed the basis of a record-breaking musical
AAcross 19: Word for an antidote to the bites and venoms of beasts originally, later a sticky sweet liquid such as molasses; or, blandishments, suggestive of the cloying or saccharine nature of said syrup
AAcross 21: From Greek for “hidden”, a word for something mysterious, obscure, occult, puzzling or secret, such as a clue in an enigmatic crossword of the same name; or, the camouflaging colouring of certain animals/birds
AAcross 24: A reaping-hook; a long curved tail feather of a cockerel, reminiscent of said tool; or, with the galleon and the knut, a unit of wizarding currency in the Harry Potter universe
AAcross 26: From Old French for “bacon-tub”, a place for storing said porcine meat originally, later a cool pantry-like room or cupboard for food in general
AAcross 29: A large, untidily rolled-up brolly named after an umbrella-wielding nurse in Martin Chuzzlewit
AAcross 31: A measure of three feet, which is the approximate length of a long glass for holding two to three pints of ale; or, a word for a court, garden or quad
AAcross 32: U-shaped ancient Greek harp-like instrument associated with Apollo, Erato, Hermes and Orpheus
AAcross 34: A platform from which to deliver a sermon; preachers collectively; or, any lectern, soapbox or medium for expressing an opinion generally
AAcross 36: Term for an otherwise unknown person, often abroad, with whom one regularly exchanges lettersPEN PAL
AAcross 38: From the name of a dish made from coconut, octopus and taro, a word for a traditional Hawaiian feast, festival or poi supper
AAcross 39: A cereal or other cultivated plant; said plant’s collective seasonal harvest or vintage; an abundance of something , such as hair; an end cut off; a finial; a fowl’s craw; or, a whip
AAcross 40: Word for a length of fine fabric twisted round the head as a turban originally, later a band or ribbon worn over a shoulder or like a waistbelt
AAcross 42: Twine for cat’s-cradle, a puppet or a yo-yo, for example; or, one of several figurative cords attached to one’s metaphorical bow when one is said to have a wide range of resources
AAcross 44: Tool for writing on wax tablets in classical times, later for engraving or tracing; or, a gramophone needle
AAcross 45: Slang for banknotes or for cash/money generally; a pattern of crazing on paintwork or glazed ceramics; or, one of the sounds made by Rice Krispies, according to a slogan
AAcross 48: Mathematician whose branch of non-Euclidean geometry provided Einstein with a mathematical basis for his general theory of relativity
AAcross 49: Sanskrit word for the sacred lotus flower/plant, taken as the Bangladeshi name for the Ganges
AAcross 50: From the Italian for “view”, an artistic representation of a town or landscape, specifically one that is faithful or realistic enough to enable the location to be identified
AAcross 52: Short tales conveying morals, often by means of anthropomorphic animals, such as those associated with legendary storyteller Aesop
AAcross 54: Succinct catalogues, finding aids or inventories of books or manuscripts, for example, for easy reference
AAcross 55: From the Italian for “high”, a high falsetto male voice, equal in compass to the lowest female voice; or, a singer with such a rangeALTO-
AAcross 56: Word for a fancier or cultivator of Bourbons, damasks, eglantines, floribundas, noisettes, sweetbriers or other such fragrant blooms
AAcross 57: From the Latin for “tongue”, a word for argot, dialect, idiom, jargon, patois or other uncommon language
AAcross 58: Name of the mythological Greek nymphs of mountain conifers
DDown 1: From “household servant”, a word for a close friend or other constant companion; or, a witch’s attendant spirit, often in animal/demon form
DDown 2: Traditional Sri Lankan spirit distilled from the sap of coconut flowers
DDown 3: From the French for “small palm”, a narrow fringe, valance or border of cloth concealing a curtain rod
DDown 4: Diver/fisher employed in harvesting porifers; their boat; a decorator of pottery using porous puffs/pads; or, a scrounger, taken to soaking up others’ generosity, money or resources
DDown 5: From the Latin for “point”, a word for a fine or petty point of conduct, etiquette or procedure, about which one is particularly scrupulous
DDown 6: A group of 10 musicians; or, a composition for such an ensemble
DDown 7: Wormwood’s alternative medieval name; or, a French drink traditionally flavoured with said herb’s extract
DDown 8: Fragile exterior of a hen’s oeuf one is said to be treading lightly on when proceeding with delicacy or tact
DDown 9: From Old English for “measure, time”, any one of the regular occasions when food is served and eaten
DDown 10: Word for finery that is shortened as the name of a wheel’s rubber hoop; or, a single stag horn in heraldry
DDown 20: Marine invertebrate forming a reef; an orange-pink colour of the skeleton of said animal’s precious red species or of the jewellery made from this; or, lobster/scallop roe, when cooked
DDown 22: A fizzy drink aka “scoosh”; a sound of the release of a champagne cork; the Eton Society’s nickname; a shot; a try; or, a bright patch of colour
DDown 23: From the Greek for “little picture”, a peaceful or picturesque period or place; or, a pastorale, poem or prose piece portraying this
DDown 25: Samaras of trees, often growing in bunches, reminiscent of unlocking devices of the same name
DDown 27: Meaning “he/she goes out”, word for departures, such as those from theatre stages, motorways or life
DDown 28: From “raisins, pips of grapes”, the accessory covering of a nutmeg, pomegranate or yew seed
DDown 30: From an Italian military phrase for “to the watchtower”, word for a danger warning; or, any signal/notification
DDown 33: Auricles/pinnae said to be burning when one is aware of being talked about; or, spikes of maize or wheat
DDown 34: Writing material that derives its name from its ancient Egyptian plant of origin; a broadsheet; or, an essay
DDown 35: Forename of P L Travers’s magical nanny who popularised the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
DDown 37: From “weight”, a word for balance or equilibrium that came to mean composure or elegant deportment
DDown 40: Latin word, meaning “so, thus, just as”, that is used to indicate that an error in a quote is intentional
DDown 41: From Sanskrit for “snake”, coiled energy or “serpent power” at the base of the spine, according to yogis
DDown 43: Kid leather used to make gloves
DDown 44: Solar rays or fair weather; its warmth; or, by extension, brightness, cheeriness, geniality or prosperity
DDown 46: Angular distance from the equator, hence a broad range, wide extent, scope or freedom from restraint
DDown 47: The woodwind “fagotto”
DDown 48: From “consider”, a word for one’s faculty of ratiocination; or, a motive
DDown 49: Committees forming brain trusts, juries or quiz teams, for example
DDown 50: Word first for a supernatural apparition, later for one’s sight
DDown 51: A draughtsperson; a beer-pourer; or, one of a chest’s sliding boxes
DDown 53: A foliole; foliage collectively; or, a folio, such as that figuratively turned when one is starting afresh