The Guardian - Weekend - October 6 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Guardian - Weekend crossword No 353 - Oct 6 2017 Crossword  Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
1982 comedy written and directed by Barry Levinson	DINER
A school of Buddhism	ZEN
A village in Lincolnshire - or an 1844 novel by Disraeli?	CONINGSBY
City on the Ohio and Erie Canal	AKRON
Country bordered by Nicaragua and Panama	COSTARICA
German licence fee funded broadcaster	ARD
Japanese whisky advertised by Bill Murray in Lost in Translation	SUNTORY
Jerry's ex in Seinfeld?	ELAINE
Karen's maid in Will & Grace?	ROSARIO
Lung disease once known as potter's rot	SILICOSIS
Monica __, author of Brick Lane (2003)	ALI
Nickname given to Britain's one-time favourite carp?	BEN
Norfolk city	NORWICH
Remote section of California coastline south of Carmel	BIGSUR

 

Clues	Answers
Rene __, actor who starred in Get Shorty and The Thomas Crown Affair	RUSSO
Romance by Sir Walter Scott, subtitled A Tale of Flodden Field	MARMION
Savoury drink made of yoghurt and spices	LASSI
See 1 Down	FALCON
See 13	SON
Term used by Hitchcock for a device which serves only to advance the plot of a film	MACGUFFIN
The former capital of West Germany	BONN
The official language of Ethiopia	AMHARIC
The protagonist of Heart of Darkness?	KURTZ
The __, standard example of a 1 Across in the novel by Dashiell Hammett	MALTESE
Unit of currency in Malawi and Zambia	KWACHA
US disaster management agency	FEMA
US printmaker known for her pioneering use of silkscreen	ELIZABETHOLDS
__ Station, the main railway terminus in Washington DC - and Los Angeles	UNION