Telegraph Giant General Knowledge Answers - Saturday, 21st October 2023

There are 30 across clues and 32 down clues for the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword on Saturday, 21st October 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 10:	Linked to a Duke of Normandy and disguised alias of hobgoblin Puck, a name of a wild geranium whose other sobriquets include chatterboxes, death come quickly, kiss me quick and stinking Bob	HERB ROBERT
AAcross 11:	From Latin for “to pickle, preserve, season”, word for a flavour-enhancing preparation, sauce, spice or tracklement, such as ketchup, mustard, pepper, relish, salt or vinegar
AAcross 12:	A fine strand of embroidery silk, filoselle, floss, genappe, purl, zari or other yarn for needlecraft; one of the filaments of a spider’s web; or, alluding to the destiny spun by the Fates, the course of one’s life
AAcross 13:	Related to “broom”, a prickly scrambling shrub in the rose family, whose bounty of blackberries are traditionally foraged from hedgerows in the late summer/autumn activity known regionally as “mooching”
AAcross 14:	From “sparkle, shine” and with the variety “pavonazzo”, named after Italian for “peacock”, a form of limestone used in architecture and sculpture; or, a block, carving, statue, taw etc, made of said rock
AAcross 15:	Something that chills, such as a champagne bucket, Esky, fridge, fruity refresher/spritzer, icepack or picnic chest; or, a prison cell
AAcross 16:	Thought to be related to Old English for “marigold”, Scottish dialect for a golden, white or yellow field flower, such as a daisy or an ox-eye
AAcross 17:	Achievement of victory through a form of combat whose name is linked to a horse chestnut or “cheeser” used in a playground battle; a successful ascent of a mountain; or, the act/art of gaining a person’s love or affection
AAcross 19:	A darter dragonfly; a hydroplane; a milk sieve; a shearwater; a stone for ducks and drakes; or, a tern-like bird with a blade-like lower mandible
AAcross 22:	Word for a banneret, chevalier, douzeper or other such mounted warrior; a noble titled “Sir”; or, one of the “horse” pieces in chess
AAcross 24:	From “delicate”, “finely woven” or “beneath a web”, word meaning “not easily understood” in its early sense, later barely noticeable, crafty, faint, refined, slight, tactful or tenuous
AAcross 27:	Any one of the “pas” arranged in choreography; a pace generally; a foothold; a ladder rung; a mounting block; a short walk; or, a stair tread
AAcross 29:	Traditionally served with mezedes, an aniseed-flavoured Greek apéritif or liqueur, similar to arak, pastis, raki or sambuca
AAcross 30:	From Hindi for “note, pass”, a short letter; a signed bill recording a sum owed for food, drinks etc; or, from “kitten”, a child or an impudent girl
AAcross 32:	From Old French for “throat”, a piece of armour or part of a wimple worn to cover/protect the neck, hence a band of colour on the craw or crop of a hummingbird or other avian
AAcross 34:	A smooth round cobble-like stone of a beach, river or grotto floor; or, a thick lens of rock crystal
AAcross 36:	From Greek via Latin for “breeze, breath”, word for a soft wind or zephyr originally, later for an air or distinctive atmosphere; or, an emanation
AAcross 37:	Word for clashes, jolts, quarrels or shocks; harsh discordant sounds; earthen water vessels; glass containers for conserves, pickles, preserves etc; or, pints of beer
AAcross 38:	Richard the Lionheart’s “lackland” brother, forced by his barons to seal the Magna Carta in 1215
AAcross 40:	Word for a consequence; an outcome aimed at; a quantity obtained by calculation; the final score in games; or, a victory/win
AAcross 42:	From French for “latch”, an ornamental silver or gold pendant containing a miniature portrait, tress or other memento, worn on a chain
AAcross 43:	From Spanish for “chopped up”, a drink of espresso split with an equal amount of steamed milk, often served in a Gibraltar glass	CORTADO
AAcross 46:	A casket of variously coloured gems; a star cluster in Crux, reminiscent of this; a rough or spiky clam of warm seas; or, a CD case	JEWEL BOX
AAcross 48:	From Persian for “dust”, a dull brownish-yellow material first used for uniforms by British troops in India in the 1840s; or, said cloth’s colour
AAcross 49:	From Latin for “neck”, a bertha, chevesaile, choker, ring of leather, ruff or vandyke, for example; or, alluding to a grab of such neckband, an arrest
AAcross 51:	Word, in its earliest medieval sense, for a bed; later, rubbish lying in a public place; scattered leaves; bedding for animals; a kindle of kittens or farrow of piglets; or, a palanquin
AAcross 53:	From Old French for “garland of roses” and “hat”, a word for a wreath of flowers or foliage for the head; a circlet of gold; or, a string of beads, one-third of a rosary in length
AAcross 54:	From Latin for “end”, an ornament or pommel in the form of an acorn, foliated fleur-de-lis, pine cone, poppy-head, spike etc at the end or top of a bench, curtain pole, gable or spire
AAcross 55:	Word, from Greek for “half skull”, for throbbing bouts of cephalalgia, typically affecting one side of the head; or, lowness of one’s spirits
AAcross 56:	Term for a hypothetical exoplanet, larger than our world, yet lighter than gas giants Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus	SUPER-EARTH
DDown 1:	An interlaced structure such as fret, netting, a lattice, tracery or a web	MESH-WORK
DDown 2:	From German for “rope down”, a rapid descent/rappel by rope from a building, helicopter or rock face
DDown 3:	Hay, silage and other provender fed to horses or livestock; eatables generally; or, people/soldiers seen as a plentiful expendable commodity
DDown 4:	Sachets of Assam, chamomile flowers, Earl Grey, jasmine blossoms or other leaves/tisanes for infusion	TEA-BAGS
DDown 5:	A variety of passito, vin de paille, vin santo or other sweet vino traditionally made from grapes sun-dried off the vine on mats of dried grass	STRAW WINE
DDown 6:	The act of chopping below or slashing a price; a notch in a tree trunk to direct its fall; an upward blow; or, the tenderloin/fillet of a sirloin of beef
DDown 7:	Powders mixed with oil or water to create paints; dyes or inks generally; or, carotenoids, chlorophylls or other colours in animal or plant cells
DDown 8:	Sharing its root with Latin for “clothing”, a word for attire, costume or habiliments; fashion; or, in another sense, fraying, pilling or other damage caused by constant use or friction
DDown 9:	Stealthy walks in pursuit of game; or, from dialect for “rungs of ladders, long handles”, petioles of plants
DDown 11:	Word for a wooden hut/house from which a cupboard devoted to displaying things derives its name
DDown 18:	From “shadow”, natural brown clay used in oil paints and watercolours
DDown 20:	Floor-washing dwile after which an autumn fair formerly held for the hire of domestics derived its name
DDown 21:	From Latin for “gnaw”, a word that literally means “eat away”
DDown 23:	UK’s intelligence, security and cyber agency, primarily stationed in Cheltenham’s “Doughnut”	G C H Q
DDown 25:	Meaning “healer”, an old word for a physician; or, the aft edge of a sail
DDown 26:	Forename of a founder of imagism who was briefly engaged to pagan mystic Hilda Doolittle, aka H.D.
DDown 28:	A topic; a recurrent idea in art/ literature; a motif/subject in music; or, a setting given to a pub/restaurant
DDown 31:	A streetcar; a hutch, tub or wagon in a colliery; or, from “footpath” a weft yarn of two or more strands of silk
DDown 32:	From Italian for “chalk, gypsum”, a white preparation used as a ground for gilding or painting on wood panels
DDown 33:	Short word for the reptile linked with false tears or a walking bus
DDown 35:	An orb used in a pétanque-like game; a pear- or tear drop-shaped imitation ruby or sapphire; or, French for a round loaf or cob of bread
DDown 38:	Coal-like mineraloid, once mined in Whitby; its glossy black colour; or, a rapid stream of water or gas, propelled though a nozzle of the same name
DDown 39:	A winner or recipient of a coin-like award; or, an engraver or numismatist who makes or studies such a gong
DDown 41:	Term for a scholar or a sizar of Queen’s College, Oxford
DDown 42:	From “(books) of words” and “speak”, a term for dictionaries, glossaries or vocabularies
DDown 44:	An imitation “sparkler”, such as a rhinestone; or, fabric decorated with a number of said glittering spangles
DDown 45:	A compilation of favourite music/ songs, recorded onto a cassette	MIX TAPE
DDown 47:	From Latin via Greek for “speak allusively”, word for a riddle or obscure speech originally, later a mysterious or puzzling person or thing
DDown 48:	Romantic poet who dedicated his Endymion to Thomas Chatterton
DDown 49:	From French for “cockroach, hypocrite”, a word for a feeling of severe depression or melancholia
DDown 50:	From Cantonese for “dragon’s eye”, an exotic fruit similar to a lychee or a rambutan when peeled
DDown 52:	Strong pulls in rope wars; traces for horses; tow boats; or, hard struggles