The Guardian - Quick crossword No 9,312 - Mar 7 2000

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Clues Answers
'Come hell or ____' HIGHWATER
Arthur's sword EXCALIBUR
Blanket or mat RUG
Chess expert - senior mason GRANDMASTER
China PORCELAIN
Courage and spirit METTLE
Cultivated woodland area COPSE
First-footing time NEWYEAR
German composer MENDELSSOHN
Get fire (anag) FIGTREE
Infection in cavity of the body ABSCESS
Play idly on guitar etc STRUM
Clues Answers
Put up with - last ENDURE
Reproductive cell EGG
Reveal accidentally LETSLIP
Schoolmaster PEDAGOGUE
Seabird PETREL
Section of railway carriage etc COMPARTMENT
Small fish SPRAT
Small sums needed to produce 21s? CHICKENFEED
Sound of dove COO
Swift RAPID
Talk quickly and indistinctly JABBER
Tree - effect of burning ASH