Telegraph Giant General Knowledge Answers - Saturday, 29th April 2023

There are 34 across clues and 30 down clues for the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword on Saturday, 29th April 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	From a Latin word meaning “to open”, thought to allude to buds and flowers opening in spring, the fourth month of the year and the one in which Cuckoo Day falls
AAcross 9:	Old name for the element sulphur, whose yellow colour matches that of the wings of the male lepidopteran in the genus Gonepteryx rhamni, the original “butter-coloured fly”
AAcross 11:	Said to predict a light “splash” of rain in the summer if foliating before the ash, but a “soak” if contrariwise, the deciduous “cups-and-saucers” arbor in the genus Quercus
AAcross 13:	From the Old English for “heap up”, a gardening tool for gathering autumn leaves or for smoothing soil; a person of thin stature, comparable to said implement; or, a debauchee or roué, such as Hogarth’s example
AAcross 14:	A mass of galaxies or stars bound by mutual gravitational attraction; or, any bunch or group of similar or joined things, such as grapes or islands
AAcross 15:	Venetian blind-like pedal-operated “shades” enclosing swell boxes in pipe organs; hinged louvred jalousies or wooden panels for windows; or, devices in cameras acting as gatekeepers of light
AAcross 16:	A wing of a church separated from the nave by piers; a passageway in a supermarket or between rows of seats; or, a compartment of a timber-framed barn divided from the main body of the building by posts
AAcross 18:	Shelf by a fireplace for heating kettles and pans; a cooker’s hotplate; a sprite such as Puck; a rustic; a male ferret; or, a target peg in quoits
AAcross 19:	Finger keys of accordions, organs or pianos; signs representing pitch or duration of musical sounds; or, calls, songs, warbles etc of birds
AAcross 20:	Word for a find originally, later a success; a strike of a ball, target or anything else; a witticism; a lucky chance; a single visit to a website; or, a dose of a narcotic
AAcross 21:	True Levellers led by Gerrard Winstanley during the English Civil War who advocated agrarianism and communal ownership of land; burrowing animals; excavators; goldminers; or, spades in cards
AAcross 24:	Novelist who, during her years as a septuagenarian, wrote of characters including Calypso in The Camomile Lawn, Hebe in Harnessing Peacocks and Rose in Not That Sort of Girl
AAcross 25:	Named after a drunken woodland deity, the genus of the campions
AAcross 28:	An assembly of horses, hounds and hunters prior to a chase; a swimming gala or other athletic event; or, a mathematical intersection
AAcross 29:	Poetic word for the ocean; a bubbly frothy mass such as soap suds or the spindrift, spray, spume or surf of a wave; or, figurative fury
AAcross 30:	Meaning “before”, an initial stake in poker that may be “upped” when applying pressure on an opponent
AAcross 32:	A root vegetable with a “jacket”, traditionally grown in a lazy-bed
AAcross 34:	From the Latin name of pepper’s common companion, mixtures of herbs and vegetables; greens such as lettuces grown for said dishes; or, any gallimaufries, jumbles or medleys
AAcross 36:	From the Arabic for “muslin, turban”, a word for a strip of fine cloth twisted around the head originally, later a ribbon worn over one shoulder or around the waist
AAcross 37:	A rapid stream of bubbles; said emission’s hissing sound; champagne, pop or other effervescent drink; or, exuberance, sparkle or vivacity
AAcross 38:	A traditional system of mass for precious metals and gems based on the grain, ounce and pennyweight
AAcross 40:	From the Latin for “wheeled vehicle”, word first for a racecourse or a gallop at full-speed, later a swift headlong rush; or, one’s profession or progress through life
AAcross 42:	From the Old French meaning “warbling of birds”, word for chatter, gibberish or twittering originally, later a pidgin or specialised language used by a particular group
AAcross 43:	Old word for a cookhouse, kitchen or stove on a ship’s deck; a train’s cabin car in the US; or, a bunkhouse for lumberjacks in Canada
AAcross 45:	Any chapeau typically with a shaped crown, originally designed to draw attention to a man’s head and emphasise his social status; or, by extension, one’s capacity or role
AAcross 46:	With striking rainbow-coloured plumage, the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as the danphe
AAcross 47:	A watery expanse where one is said to be when confused or drifting like a ship that has lost its bearings
AAcross 48:	From the Latin for “wandering”, the body’s 10th cranial nerve and the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system
AAcross 50:	From the Greek for “through”, a line joining non-adjacent vertices of a square or other polygon; a slanting row of squares of the same colour on a chessboard; or, the bias of cloth
AAcross 52:	Word for a church porch originally, later a long balcony; a covered walk or passageway; a room for the exhibition of art; or, a collection of pictures
AAcross 53:	A gust of wind; a breath of fresh air; a toot of a horn, trumpet, whistle etc; a display/mass of blossom; a calamity or setback; or, a jazz jam session
AAcross 54:	A flap of a slashed garment; a tie-on label; a game of chase; a trite quotation; or, the moral of a tale
AAcross 55:	Vegans whose diet consists chiefly of almonds, Brazils, cashews, cobs, pecans and other kernels
AAcross 56:	Trainee-priest-turned-architect who designed the distinctive cupolas of Houghton Hall and the Gothic Temple at Stowe
DDown 1:	Actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm whose adventurer, poet, socialite daughter Iris is depicted in a portrait by painter Augustus John
DDown 2:	From the French for “bell”, a bell jar serving as a miniature greenhouse
DDown 3:	French term for a sketch or primary laying-in of an artwork’s rough outlines; or, a basic or uncompleted watch movement in horology
DDown 4:	Machines with flippers for playing bagatelle-derivative “silver ball”
DDown 5:	The making or selling of girdles and stays; or, said bodices collectively
DDown 6:	Favours sought; invites; petitions; or, songs played on the radio in response to listeners’ desires
DDown 7:	From the Latin for “fate, fortune, lot”, a class, kind, species, variety etc; or, a person of a particular type
DDown 8:	From the Sanskrit for “seat”, any one of the postures in hatha yoga
DDown 10:	A bookbinder’s mottling of page edges by dotting a few drops of colour; or, a dusting or smattering of something such as baptismal water, drizzle, snow, sugar or vermicelli
DDown 12:	A type of limestone landscape underlain by a suite of dolines, drainage systems, gorges, poljes, potholes, sinkholes, streams etc
DDown 17:	One’s power or range of vision; a device for assisting precise aim; or, a spectacle, either good or bad
DDown 20:	Trombonist, friend of Cecil Sharp and composer of The Planets whose suite Beni Mora was inspired by his cycling tour of the Algerian Sahara	HOLST
DDown 22:	Meaning “living flowers”, the Japanese art of floristry, also known as kadō, “way of flowers”
DDown 23:	Frilled or fluted collars from which male counterparts of female reeve sandpipers derive their name
DDown 26:	Vague ideas; whims; fancies; or, in the US, items of haberdashery
DDown 27:	Red pomes of a quickset hedge plant with seasonal may blossom and “bread-and-cheese” foliage
DDown 31:	Real forename of the author of the beast fable Animal Farm
DDown 32:	From the Italian for “pie”, a food resembling an unfolded calzone
DDown 33:	One who casts horoscopes by means of star divination
DDown 35:	An intermediary or go-between; any natural power or force acting on matter; or, a shadow, spook or spy
DDown 38:	Word for a shoelace in Anglo-Saxon times, later a strip of leather; a flip-flop sandal; a skimpy pair of underpants; or, a horseradish root
DDown 39:	Type of album, binder or jotter with sheets that can be added or removed; or, tea sold in a caddy or a packet as opposed to individual bags	LOOSE-LEAF
DDown 41:	Camel, cow or other cud-chewer; or, a contemplative person, given to figuratively chewing things over
DDown 42:	Balls or pellets serving as clappers in crotals or sleigh bells
DDown 44:	Forename of Clive Bell’s wife, who was Virginia Woolf’s sister
DDown 45:	Height of a sail; a group of nautical flags raised as a signal; or, a capstan, pulley, winch or other lifting device
DDown 48:	A passage by air or water; or, a written account of such a journey
DDown 49:	Food waste; pig swill; puddles; or, sailors’ wide baggy breeches
DDown 51:	One-horse carriages; Cornish pilot boats; fish-spears; bookings for musicians; or, their live shows
DDown 53:	Word, thought imitative of an infant’s first attempts at speech, for a newborn or very young child