The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2022 06 05

The Telegraph General Knowledge

Clue	Answer
Strait between India and Sri Lanka	PALK
Make effervescent, put air into	AERATE
Crop-eating African weaver bird	QUELEA
Classified advertisement submitted by phone	TELEAD
Threatening, disquieting	UGLY
Explosive crystalline compound	TETRYL
Expression from Latin meaning lifelike	ADVIVUM
RIVER DEPOSITS	ALLUVIA
St. ____'s fire, electrical charge forming a glow round a ship's mast	ELMO
Lake between Israel and Jordan	DEADSEA
French make of car	RENAULT
Poetic word for hard, dark wood	EBON
Public house serving its own real ale	BREWPUB
Gold coin first struck in Byzantium	BEZANT
Aquatic Mexican salamander	AXOLOTL
Rowdy street bully	HOODLUM
Government order imposing a trade ban	EMBARGO