The Guardian - Quick crossword No 12,363 - Dec 23 2009

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Clues Answers
(Person eating in) restaurant DINER
Amazing or unexplained occurrence MIRACLE
Artist's workplace STUDIO
Baby's toy — conductor RATTLE
Broken and useless KAPUT
By (word of) mouth ORAL
Dull and tedious DREAR
Either of two ONEORTHEOTHER
Fulcrum PIVOT
Gatehouse LODGE
Hellish INFERNAL
Hooter SIREN
Interfere with MOLEST
Clues Answers
Loss of position or status COMEDOWN
Midlands town WOLVERHAMPTON
Multitude HORDE
On one's own SOLITARY
One whose time is past HASBEEN
Pointed end — division between signs of the zodiac CUSP
Put much stress (on) DWELT
Small stream RIVULET
So THUS
Thin strip of wood LATH
Uncommon SCARCE
Word for word LITERAL
Young male bird COCKEREL