The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 538 - Feb 11 2019 Crossword Answer

The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 538 - Feb 11 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Fred --, American dancer, actor, and singer	ASTAIRE
Johnny --, character in the TV series 'The Sopranos'	SACK
Language spoken in an Alpine province of the Roman Empire	RHAETIC
Large British breed of sheep reared for its wool	CHEVIOT
Mike --, Formula One World Champion driver in 1958	HAWTHORN
Mike --, writer and director of the 2004 film 'Vera Drake'	LEIGH
Mystery novel by Ethel Lina White	THEWHEELSPINS
Novel by Michael Connelly	ECHOPARK
Rock band formed in Birmingham in 1967	TRAFFIC
Species of wallflower	PRAIRIEROCKET
The covering of a metal plate with a film of iron	ACIERAGE
The Roman god of death	MORS
Title character in a series of four popular science books by the physicist George Gamow	MRTOMPKINS
US advertising mascot used to educate the public about forest fires	SMOKEYBEAR

Clues	Answers
'The -- Files', a TV drama series starring James Garner	ROCKFORD
'The Mouse and the --', one of Aesop's Fables	OYSTER
-- de Becque, a character in the 1958 film 'South Pacific'	EMILE
-- Hoffmann, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry	ROALD
1958 film starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman	INDISCREET
2016 American biographical drama film, based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly	HIDDENFIGURES
Actress who played Gwen French in the 1958 film 'Some Came Running'	MARTHAHYER
American film director and musical choreographer	BUSBYBERKELEY
American singer and actress who was married to Sonny Bono	CHER
Berry that grows on palm trees in the Brazilian rainforests	ACAI
Collective term for minute creatures that exist in freshwater ponds	INFUSORIA
Daniel --, President of Nicaragua	ORTEGA
Danish Port Salut cheese	ESROM
Fatima --, winner of the javelin at the 1987 World Championships in Rome	WHITBREAD