Telegraph Giant General Knowledge Answers - Saturday, 13th May 2023

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Plant Alchemilla vulgaris or “dew cup”, whose Scottish name “elf-shot” refers to its use as a folk remedy for cattle made unwell by being shot at by supposed malevolent fairies with invisible flint arrowheads	LADY'S MANTLE
AAcross 10:	Boiled, browned or burnt sugar as a topping for crème brûlée etc; an individually wrapped toffee-like sweet; a similar softer confection for millionaire’s shortbread; or, the butterscotch-like colour of this
AAcross 12:	An ornamental border of loose threads, tassels or twists; hair or “bangs” hanging over the brow, reminiscent of said passementerie; or, any outer edge or periphery
AAcross 13:	Goosebumps, hiccups, knee-jerk reflexes, pins and needles, yawns or other responses to stimuli; transformations within atomic nuclei; or, processes or changes in which chemicals form new compounds
AAcross 14:	A firm handclasp or secret handshake; power over the mind; a travel bag; a bobby pin; one’s manner of holding a tennis racquet; or, one of a film crew’s camera technicians
AAcross 15:	Inscribed ancient slabs; flat surfaces on legs or trestles at which to eat, write etc; groups seated at said items of furniture for games or meals; or, backgammon boards
AAcross 17:	A mortarboard; a cone historically placed on the head of a “dunce” as a mark of disgrace; or, an item awarded to a selectee of a national sports team, hence the player chosen
AAcross 18:	A metal sheet; a piece of armour; a flat dish or the food it holds; gold or silver household utensils collectively; a book illustration; or, an ex-libris
AAcross 19:	From the Greek for “a way of life”, the food habitually consumed by an animal, community or person
AAcross 20:	From the Old French for “to speak”, a monastery or nunnery’s apartment for conversation; an antiquated word for a sitting room; a beauty salon; an ice cream shop; or, a milking shed
AAcross 23:	The “boingy” rebound of a ball; a jump on an inflatable castle; body or vitality in one’s hair; swagger; or, the return of a dishonoured cheque
AAcross 25:	Oarweed; or, a knotted mass, such as a web of lies according to Sir Walter Scott’s Marmion
AAcross 28:	An attempt, effort or experiment; or, since the 1840s, a word for the touchdown of a rugby ball or for the points subsequently scored
AAcross 29:	From the Gaelic for “children” and Latin for “sprout”, any one of the kinship groups among the Scots, each identified by an individual tartan
AAcross 30:	Pear-shaped “fruits” or syconia of trees in the mulberry family, with leaves symbolising modesty in art; dialect word for segments of oranges; or, lady finger bananas
AAcross 32:	A fold or line in a fabric, garment, newspaper, origami figure etc
AAcross 34:	A woven container such as a creel for fish, hamper for picnic food, punnet for strawberries, skep for bees or a trug for garden produce
AAcross 36:	Actor whose roles ranged from Shakespearean characters to Chief Weasel in the 1996 film adaptation of The Wind in the Willows	SHER
AAcross 37:	Word originally for any four-footed creature, later a grazing cervid and royal beast of the chase
AAcross 38:	Name in medieval English for a type of coarse grass; later, a new or second growth of grass following a hay harvest; a dense cloud-like mist near the ground; or, a mental haze
AAcross 40:	Dippers for lifting gravy, sauce, soup etc from pots or tureens; or, buckets or pans used for transporting molten metal in a foundry
AAcross 42:	Word used to describe fabric with a botanical print such as chintz; or, a perfume/scent redolent of narcissi, neroli, roses or other blossoms
AAcross 43:	An adhesive label; a dogged person; a hanger-on; a perplexing poser; a piano jack; or, a prickle or burr that clings to one’s clothing
AAcross 45:	Small pockets in waistcoats or in waistbands of breeches for watches or valuables; or, chains attaching said timepieces to said garments
AAcross 47:	The relatively low tides occurring during the moon’s first and third quarters, or when said lunar satellite appears “half full”
AAcross 49:	A theatre loge; or, a shrub or small tree used for hedging, mazes, topiary etc whose name is given to a rectangular or square container formerly made from its wood
AAcross 50:	From the Greek for “depth” and introduced in its literary sense by Alexander Pope, an anticlimax or ludicrous descent from the sublime to the ridiculous in speech/writing
AAcross 52:	From a French word for an axe, a coarse chopped mixture of recooked meat/potatoes; or, thought to derive from cross-hatching, the # symbol
AAcross 54:	Machine for grinding grain or fulling driven by hydropower and a wheel, such as that at Flatford once owned by John Constable’s father	WATER MILL
AAcross 55:	Sunshade-like inflorescences characteristic of angelica, chervil, cicely, dill, fennel, parsnip and other plants in the parsley family
AAcross 57:	From the Arabic for “east wind”, a hot and dusty Mediterranean “jugo” originating in the Sahara; a drying machine; or, any desert breeze
AAcross 58:	Nest areas in dovecotes for culvers; cubbies reminiscent of said nooks for letters/papers; categories; or, compartments of the mind
DDown 1:	Norse god and discoverer of runes after whom Wednesday is named
DDown 2:	From the Latin for “stars”, blooms such as purple daisy-like starworts florescent around Michaelmas that herald the approach of autumn
DDown 3:	Word, from Italian for “hedgehog-head”, suggesting a shudder in which hair stood on end like said urchin’s spines, for a sudden start/fright, mood change, impulsive act or whim
DDown 4:	Any British tabloid characterised by a rubric or scarlet masthead	RED-TOP
DDown 5:	An embrace, kiss or a tap on each shoulder with a sword marking the bestowing of knighthood, thus a high award granted as an honour
DDown 6:	A view of a landscape; a mental picture; or, an anticipated event
DDown 7:	From the German for “pretty”, word meaning neat or prim originally, later irritatingly pleased with oneself
DDown 8:	From the Latin for “ghost, mask”, a caterpillar, tadpole or other immature creature that develops into a different adult form by metamorphosis
DDown 9:	Cutlery item with which to stir one’s Assam, chai, Darjeeling, Earl Grey etc; or, a cookery measure equal to 5 ml, held by such a utensil
DDown 11:	Trail for cross-country skiing
DDown 16:	Informal word for money; a boiled sweet on a stick; or, a Popsicle
DDown 19:	Terpsichorean sequence such as that in the allegorical “macabre” style, symbolising universality of death
DDown 21:	From the Greek for “healing”, the hollyhock or marshmallow genus
DDown 22:	Word used to describe a rough gem, a film that is not abridged, a book without trimmed/slit page edges or a fabric with its pile loops intact
DDown 24:	Short fibres or knots combed out of wool/silk staple before spinning
DDown 26:	From the Latin for “chamber pot”, a dish of sheets of pasta of the same name layered with béchamel/ragu
DDown 27:	Heart-shaped floating leaves of aquatic lilies often serving as islands or resting places for dragonflies, frogs and other fauna; or, notebooks
DDown 31:	An eyewitness; an oracle or prophet; or, 1/40 of an Indian maund
DDown 32:	With several homophones, word for a proofreader or typographer’s insertion symbol in the form ˄
DDown 33:	A real or fictional man of distinguished bravery; a demigod; a champion; or, the leading male actor or protagonist in a film or novel
DDown 35:	Town in County Meath after whose abbey an illuminated bible of the Gospels takes its name
DDown 38:	Any one of the flat surfaces of a crystal/gem; or, a personality trait
DDown 39:	Method of patterning traditionally used for endpapers in books
DDown 41:	Consisting of slices of bread with a filling, peer John Montagu’s snack of choice whilst gaming; or, anything in a similar arrangement, such as a Victoria sponge or a layer cake
DDown 42:	From the Latin for “to break”, word used since medieval times for a non-whole number; or, a proportion
DDown 44:	The colour “sang-de-boeuf”
DDown 46:	From the Latin for “eggs”, ellipse-like figures; or, sports fields, cricket grounds etc thus shaped
DDown 48:	A graze; a scuffle; a backward slide of a foot accompanying a bow; a hare’s form; or, cheap butter
DDown 50:	Amuse-—, from the French for “mouth pleaser”, a small tasty bite or hors d’oeuvre served before a meal
DDown 51:	Bordure-like heraldic ordinaries inset from the edges of shields
DDown 53:	A drove of elephants, horses or wildebeest; a stock of cattle; a flock of wrens; or, the masses or rabble
DDown 56:	Any one of an odd number of idiophones sounded in the change-ringing method of grandsire