The Telegraph - General Knowledge - Sep 30 2018 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - General Knowledge - Sep 30 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Jump up and force ball down through basket in basketball	SLAMDUNK
Large area of water north of Iran	CASPIANSEA
Lifted something to a higher level	UPRAISED
Maria -- --, she inspired the musical 'The Sound of Music'	VONTRAPP
Mythical single-horned animal	UNICORN
Nabob, a Muslim prince	NAWAB
Name for Edinburgh literally meaning old smoky	AULDREEKIE
One who is visually pleasing	EYECANDY
Roman general who served under Julius Caesar	MARKANTONY
Roman god depicted facing two ways	JANUS
Sordid dirtiness	SQUALOR
Strait between Denmark and Sweden	KATTEGAT
Tortilla filled with cheese, chilli etc	QUESADILLA
Treatment used cosmetically to remove wrinkles	BOTOX
Word from Urdu for a revolution in India or Pakistan etc	INQILAB
Words or text of an opera	LIBRETTO

Clues	Answers
'Come On --', 1982 hit for Dexys Midnight Runners	EILEEN
-- Cousteau, 1910-97, French underwater explorer	JACQUES
-- Neville, singer with Linda Ronstadt in 1989 hit 'Don't Know Much'	AARON
As below, expression from Latin	UTINFRA
Australian Prime Minister from 1983 to 1991	BOBHAWKE
Be at a -- --, have nothing to do	LOOSEEND
Boot mounted on a blade	SKATE
Capital of the Bahamas	NASSAU
Chief city of ancient Mesopotamia	BABYLON
Diamond-shaped rhombus	LOZENGE
Eastern European rye beer	KVASS
Forced discard at bridge	SQUEEZE
Former wooded district in south-east England	WEALD
Fruit that, in Greek mythology, induced forgetfulness and dreamy languor	LOTUS
Fungi with pore-like surfaces instead of gills	Boleti
Italian police officers	SBIRRI