Telegraph Giant General Knowledge Answers - Saturday, 8th April 2023

There are 32 across clues and 33 down clues for the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword on Saturday, 8th April 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Dutch painter of works including The Astronomer, The Lacemaker and The Milkmaid whose techniques were imitated by renowned art forger Han van Meegeren who swindled Hermann Göring and the Nazis
AAcross 10:	With numerous examples including Apicius, The English Huswife, The Forme of Cury, Good Things in England and Larousse Gastronomique, any compendium of recipes and handy culinary tips	COOKERY BOOK
AAcross 12:	A bunch of feathers or threads; a clump of trees; a goatee beard; a grassy tussock; or, the historical gold tassel on an Oxbridge nobleman’s cap, hence a titled undergraduate
AAcross 13:	Breadcrumbs, garnish, icing, pizza cheese, sauce, sprinkles or other uppermost addition to food; a dated word for “excellent” or “splendid”; or, a golden pheasant tippet feather as the tail of an artificial fishing fly
AAcross 14:	A narrow ornamental border inlaid on the back or belly of a cello, violin or other stringed instrument
AAcross 15:	A blow; a hit by lightning; a pull of an oar; a separatrix or virgule; the sound of a clock’s hammer hitting its bell; or, the hour thus registered
AAcross 17:	Abbreviated name of the UK’s learned society dedicated to solar-system science, conceived over dinner by Charles Babbage, Sir John Herschel and others in 1820	R A S
AAcross 18:	Position in life; a particular condition with regard to finances, health, mental fitness, tidiness, weather etc; or, the gas, liquid, plasma or solid molecular form of matter
AAcross 19:	Ascent; the surfacing of a fish to take a fly; the appearance of the Sun or the Moon above the horizon; the height of an arch, incline or step; or, an angry or excited response
AAcross 20:	From the Greek for “leisure, philosophy, lecture place”, an educational institution for children; an establishment offering specialist tuition in ballet, driving, law etc; any art movement; or, a style of life
AAcross 22:	Quarried in Carrara since Roman times, rock much used in sculpture, favoured in the Renaissance, especially by Michelangelo
AAcross 24:	A seemingly unassuming waterside tree in the birch family whose main value lies in its roots that stabilise riverbanks
AAcross 27:	A melody; a song; the upper part of any simple composition; correct intonation of a musical instrument; or, figurative harmonious adjustment
AAcross 28:	One of the rings of a chain; or, a real or figurative connection
AAcross 29:	From the Old Norse for “cargo”, a ship’s freight or hold; the volume of a great size; the main or greater part; any huge body; the thickness of paper; or, dietary fibre/roughage
AAcross 31:	A fort/earthwork defending a ford or castle gate; a screen or shelter from fire or the weather; or, a decorative wall bracket for candles or lights
AAcross 33:	Soft fabric with a dense pile; or, downy antler skin evocative of this
AAcross 35:	A grating; a network of power cables; or, an array of regular squares on a map or forming a crossword
AAcross 36:	The edible part of any grain; or, from the Old English for “measure” or “set time”, breakfast, luncheon, supper or any other regular occasion when food is eaten
AAcross 37:	Author who recalls Mrs Pratchett’s Sweet Shop, Llandaff in Boy and drew inspiration from said childhood haunt when writing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and other tales
AAcross 39:	From the French for “burst” or “shine”, a word for applause, brilliant effect, glory, ostentation, showy splendour or social distinction
AAcross 41:	Name, derived from a woodcutter’s rhythmical jingle or refrain, for a teeter-totter
AAcross 42:	From the Latin for “at length”, a carriage drawn by two horses, one after the other; or, a bicycle for two cyclists in a similar configuration
AAcross 44:	From the Old English for “air, sky”, an attic, haymow, pigeon shed or other raised place or upper room; or, elevation imparted to a golf ball
AAcross 46:	Vienna Secession co-founder whose paintings often feature gold leaf, shimmering colours and mosaic-like patterns recalling butterfly or peacock wings
AAcross 48:	A cover, such as a palpebra of an eye or a top of a dustbin, jar, pen, piano, pie etc; or, a hat or a helmet
AAcross 49:	French word for an arrow, used to describe a spire or Gothic spirelet
AAcross 51:	Word for a baked bar of oats and syrup in the UK, but for a pancake in the US; an apple-puff; a powder compact; or, in Suffolk, a lapwing
AAcross 53:	The layouts of newspapers and novels etc; or, the shapes or sizes in which said publications are issued
AAcross 54:	From the French for “slant”, a word for one-sidedness; fabric cut on the cross; weight on one side of a bowl; or, the oblique course taken by said ball as a result of its irregular shape
AAcross 55:	Act of getting ready; homework or other preliminary study; or, a food, lotion, mixture, potion, remedy or other made-up concoction
AAcross 56:	From the French for “hook”, a handicraft executed in wool or other yarn with the aforesaid implement
DDown 1:	A horse’s two-beat diagonal gait to which a rider may rise from their saddle on every second stride
DDown 2:	A muller or muddler for a mortar
DDown 3:	A cloth merchant’s trade or shop; a depiction of swathes of fabric in painting or sculpture; or, curtains, hangings and textiles collectively
DDown 4:	Decorative carvings on bone, ivory, shell, whales’ teeth, wood etc, traditionally made by sailors or whalers on long voyages
DDown 5:	Welsh “dwarf dogs” such as the Pembroke breeds or types that were esteemed by Queen Elizabeth II
DDown 6:	A shape used as a guide in cutting; a model; or, a paper pattern or cut-out for dressmaking or for patchwork
DDown 7:	From the Sanskrit for “knowledge of long life”, a traditional Indian system of healing that combines diet, herbalism, meditation and yoga
DDown 8:	Word for the head originally, later a counting of heads or votes; the scalp or pate; a hornless animal; a hammerhead’s striking face; a pet parrot; or, an Oxbridge passman
DDown 9:	A self-propelled leap; an arch that springs up to form a roof; a wine cellar or other underground chamber; or, a bank’s strongroom for valuables
DDown 11:	Title, derived from the chiefs or “cynings” of various tribes of Angles and Saxons, for male monarchs or rexes; pre-eminent men or male animals; or, crowned draughts
DDown 16:	A clay and one of a family of earthy pigments with sienna and umber; or, the brownish-yellow or ruddle-red colour thus produced
DDown 19:	From a word for a beam of light, electromagnetic communication for which Marconi and Tesla were pioneers; a wireless; or, the industry of broadcasting sound
DDown 20:	A clasp, clutch, cuddle or cwtch; a close crowd or crush; a credit crunch; or, a chirt of citrus juice, obtained by scruzing
DDown 21:	A tawny chick, for example
DDown 23:	A colour associated with melancholy; or, a small butterfly
DDown 25:	British artist who established his reputation with his illustrations in Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, first published in 1900	RACKHAM
DDown 26:	A submerged tree, dangerous for boats, hence a hidden drawback
DDown 30:	Pianist Lily Stumpf’s painter husband who wrote Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch for his Bauhaus pupils and created some 9,000 artworks including his Inventions series
DDown 31:	Spanish word for sauce; or, a style of saucy Latin dance
DDown 32:	An infinitely long 1-D figure; a band in a spectrum; or, ancestry
DDown 34:	A gentleman’s gentleman
DDown 37:	A swift evasive dart, dive or duck; a trick; a quibble; or, the action of two change-ringing bells trading places
DDown 38:	The trade of a sartor, seamster or snip; or, the cut of the garments made by said knight of the shears
DDown 40:	Food collected from a restaurant to eat at home or elsewhere; or, a discussion’s key points to be remembered and considered
DDown 40:	Food collected from a restaurant to eat at home or elsewhere; or, a discussion’s key points to be remembered and considered
DDown 41:	Any stodgy pudding, sweetmeat or toffee that is difficult to chew
DDown 43:	Real or metaphorical progress; an antonym of retreat or regression
DDown 45:	One of the pale yellow flowers or paigles of the primrose family
DDown 47:	Word, derived from the British Raj, for a light luncheon or snack
DDown 49:	The act of melting by heat; or, an eclectic union of different foods, music etc, as if melted together
DDown 50:	The cardiac organ; or, a word used informally to mean “love”
DDown 52:	Meaning “maker”, a balladeer, bard, lyricist, sonneteer or versifier
DDown 54:	Charles II’s spy code-named “Agent 160” or “The Incomparable Astrea” who became England’s first successful female writer	BEHN