Telegraph Giant General Knowledge Answers - Saturday, 4th March 2023

There are 32 across clues and 30 down clues for the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword on Saturday, 4th March 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Noted for satirical works including The Book of Snobs and Vanity Fair: Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society, novelist to whom Charlotte Brontë dedicated Jane Eyre
AAcross 10:	An afternoon refection of cakes, finger sandwiches and scones; a “high” cooked meal with bread-and-butter in the early evening; or, a hot infusion of Camellia sinensis leaves accompanying either repast
AAcross 11:	Cavalry collectively; a “buck” for gymnastically vaulting over; a clothes airer; an equid such as a cob, hack, hunter or shire; or, the male of said animal, as opposed to a mare
AAcross 13:	A bike’s bidon holder; dialect for a squirrel’s drey; a netted structure for protecting garden fruit; or, an aviary, chicken coop, prison cell, rabbit hutch or other enclosure
AAcross 14:	A coil of ribbon or a tube of fabric as a trimming for a coat or a dress; or, a stack of coins wrapped in paper
AAcross 15:	From an old word for a blue gem thought to be an aquamarine or a sapphire, a larkspur that sprang from the blood of a lover of Apollo; a pink, purple, violet or white liliaceous spring flower; or, cinnamon stone
AAcross 16:	Elegant drawing/reception rooms; gatherings of distinguished cenacles in fashionable households; halls for exhibiting art; the exhibitions therein; or, beauty parlours
AAcross 17:	Calxes of the feet near the tali; corresponding parts of socks or stockings; spurs; stiletto shoes; ends of cheeses or loaves; or, cads
AAcross 18:	A forename of Lord Byron’s daughter Countess of Lovelace, who said that the analytical engine “weaves algebraic patterns, just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves”
AAcross 19:	Word, originally spelled like its homophone “key”, for a harbour’s berth, landing-place or wharf
AAcross 20:	A sausage-like mass originally, later a sweet or savoury steamed dish such as clootie dumpling, roly-poly, spotted dick or suet pastry pie
AAcross 23:	From the Latin for “ring”, a Roman arena for chariot races and gladiatorial combats; a round tent or big top for a company of acrobats and clowns; or, a rounded space in a town
AAcross 25:	Gins or snares; doors in pigeon lofts; clay-hurling devices in skeet; or, light pony-drawn carriages
AAcross 28:	From the Latin for “first, chief”, a headmaster/mistress; a leading actor, dancer or instrumentalist; or, one of the combatants in a duel
AAcross 30:	Forename of Baroness Rendell of Babergh who wrote about Inspector Reg Wexford of Kingsmarkham
AAcross 32:	The cavaedium in an ancient Roman domus, open to the sky; a colonnaded court or quadrangle of a medieval church; or, a glass-roofed central hall of a modern building
AAcross 34:	Traditional handmade often collectable toy marbles of carnelian, chalcedony or of variegated glass resembling said banded quartz
AAcross 35:	A bend, cat’s-paw, hitch, overhand or other rope splice; an ornamental ribbon such as a rosette; a tangle of hair, string etc; or, a bond of union
AAcross 36:	With yellow flowers or downy “clocks”, a plant whose name derives from its jagged leaves reminiscent of the teeth of the “king of beasts”
AAcross 38:	Associated with a phrase referring to any rough-and-ready practical method, the pollex of a manus; or, the breadth of said digit, as an approximate measure of one inch
AAcross 40:	The bail or grip of a bucket, cup, mug, utensil etc that takes its name from the extremity used to hold said part; the tactile qualities of a textile; or, a slang term for one’s name
AAcross 41:	From the Greek for “close the eyes”, an ancient secret ceremony witnessed only by the initiated; an old word for a craft or a trade guild; an enigmatic person or thing; or, a novel, play etc based on a puzzling crime
AAcross 44:	An arbor adopted as a symbol of lineage and depicted in a chart showing the branching of a family
AAcross 46:	An act of moving swiftly on foot whilst undergoing the punishment of the gauntlet, for example
AAcross 47:	From the Arabic for “sherbet” and source of “sorbet”, a sugary liquid used for drinks, drizzling on ice cream, preserving fruit or for sweetening
AAcross 48:	The velvety pink colour of a fragrant old rose of the same name; or, a heavy silk or linen fabric with a reversible monochromatic Jacquard-woven pattern
AAcross 50:	Chimes worn by grazing Alpine cattle; or, similar instruments without clappers used in music or for encouraging racing cyclists/skiers
AAcross 52:	From the Latin for “little feather”, a plume or tuft in a soldier’s helmet; knightly splendour; or, a dashing manner, flamboyance or swagger
AAcross 53:	From the Old French for “hear ye”, one of a town crier’s three calls for attention prior to a proclamation
AAcross 54:	A ledge of rock; a submarine terrace; a sandbank; or, one of the horizontal planks in a bookcase
AAcross 55:	Latin word for honey
AAcross 56:	A registered logo, symbol, word or combination thereof that uniquely identifies a company or product; or, any distinguishing characteristic
DDown 1:	Village in West Yorkshire, site of a house designed by John Carr for Edwin Lascelles that is renowned for its Robert Adam interiors and Thomas Chippendale furniture
DDown 2:	From an Old Norse word for a type of blouse, garments hanging from waists; or, parts of dresses, frock-coats etc reminiscent of these
DDown 3:	A current of cool air; a quantity drunk in one breath; a catch of fish; depth of water needed to float a ship; a sketch; or, a dose of medicine
DDown 4:	Nicknamed the “Pearl of Dorset”, a coastal town near the site of fossilist Mary Anning’s discovery of the first specimen of ichthyosaurus	LYME REGIS
DDown 5:	Holy water fonts near main doors of churches; or, a dialect word for beakers, buckets, flagons or posts
DDown 6:	Trodden tracks/trails; neural routes of sensory impulses to the brain; or, figurative courses of action
DDown 7:	Any one of a “bouquet” or “nye” of gallinaceous game fowls hunted seasonally from October 1 to February 1, ubiquitous in the British countryside but native to Asia
DDown 8:	A Hindu ceremony of lights
DDown 9:	Word for a Persian king’s ornamental headdress originally, later a woman’s richly jewelled diadem
DDown 12:	Person or thing that is additional or beyond the usual, such as a spear carrier/supernumerary in a film or a newspaper supplement printed outside a normal printing cycle
DDown 19:	From the French word “carré”, for “square”, a square-headed bolt for an arbalest/crossbow; a square tile; a square- or diamond-shaped pane; or, in another sense, a squabble
DDown 21:	A perpendicular goalpost, stake, stone, stroke etc; a tool for basketry; a type of chair with a straight back; or, a piano with vertical strings
DDown 22:	Metal spikes with heads struck with hammers or figuratively hit when identifying exact answers
DDown 24:	A cross; a southern constellation symbolised by said figure; a vital point or stage; a baffling problem or puzzle; or, the hardest point of a climb
DDown 26:	From the French meaning “stirrup for jumping into the saddle”, a long necklace of seed pearls or other gems ending in a tassel or pendant
DDown 27:	Word for a cloth-stretching device originally, later a manger for hay; or, a stand for hats, plates, toast etc
DDown 29:	A miniature Japanese carving used as a toggle for a kimono
DDown 31:	Energy measured in BTU, calories or joules; or, a spicy quality in food
DDown 32:	Clergyman and keen modeller whose interest in trains inspired him to pen the Railway Series of books	AWDRY
DDown 33:	With phases indicated on the faces of some types of wristwatches, Earth’s only natural satellite
DDown 37:	Single-reed instruments developed in the 17th century by adding two keys to the chalumeau, first used in a concerto by Mozart
DDown 39:	Blue tits, goldcrests, greenfinches and other avians collectively	BIRD-LIFE
DDown 40:	Word originally meaning easy to use, later good-looking or striking
DDown 42:	From the Italian for “somersaults”, revolving drums from which tickets are drawn in raffles at fairs or fêtes
DDown 43:	A dish offered in addition to a main menu; a correspondent reporting on a particular story; the article dispatched; or, a bargain
DDown 45:	Radices anchoring plants; or, one’s ancestry, belonging or origin
DDown 47:	Petal-like leaves of a calyx
DDown 48:	A type of combustion engine or the oil fuelling it; or, snakebite with a dash of blackcurrant cordial
DDown 49:	A thick cut of beef, such as that knighted by James I and named “Sir Loin”, according to legend
DDown 51:	Honey-producing pollinators traditionally told of events such as the death of their keeper or a birth