The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2021 05 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Dense tuft of poorly developed branches on a woody plant WITCHESBROOM
SECRET LOVE AFFAIR INTRIGUE
Retinue; carriage and attendants EQUIPAGE
OFFSPRING OF A DONKEY AND A HORSE MULE
-- Hardie, 1856-1915, Labour politician KEIR
Diamond-shaped parallelograms RHOMBI
Richard --, c1618-57, English Cavalier poet LOVELACE
CHURCH MUSICIAN ORGANIST
Double sulphate of aluminium and potassium ALUM
Village in High Peak district of Derbyshire EDALE
1847 novel by Charlotte Bronte JANEEYRE
SMALL GREEN-SKINNED MELON OGEN
Isinglass, a rock-forming mineral MICA
Punishment in reserve ARODINPICKLE
-- I, King of Wessex from 865/866 to 871; an anagram of 'The Elder' ETHELRED
The --, former wooded district in SE England WEALD
Part of speech, a 'doing word' VERB
Less common word for a newt EVET
Capital of Perak state in Malaysia IPOH
SEAN --, 1880-1964, IRISH DRAMATIST OCASEY