The Telegraph - GENERAL CROSSWORD NO: 552 - Jun 1 2003

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Airtight container used for preserving fruit and vegetables KILNERJAR
Alan Jay - - , US songwriter and librettist LERNER
Asian climbing-plant, the leaves of which are chewed BETEL
Brass wind instrument with a slide TROMBONE
Capital of Macedonia SKOPJE
Characteristic of former times OLDWORLD
Compromise between two extremes VIAMEDIA
Ethereal juice in the veins of the gods (mythology) ICHOR
Former Spanish province returned to Morocco in 1969 IFNI
Fungus of the mushroom family AGARIC
Hallowmas, festival at beginning of November ALLSAINTSDAY
Instrument for exploring a wound PROBE
It is regarded as the Japanese mainland HONSHU
Jean - - , Welsh novelist, author of 'Wide Sargasso Sea' RHYS
Land of one's birth MOTHER
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Member of the Methodist Church WESLEYAN
Midwinter festival in Lerwick UPHELLYAA
Motoring offence whilst under the influence of alcohol DRINKDRIVING
Mountainous kingdom north of India NEPAL
Narrowing of a tube or passage (medical) STENOSIS
Period of remission from sin in Roman Catholic Church HOLYYEAR
Port in southern Israel at head of Gulf of Aqaba EILAT
Resort and capital of the Isle of Man DOUGLAS
River flowing through Newbury KENNET
SECOND PART OF 18 DOWN COUNTRY
Slender threadlike object FILAMENT
Stand in good - - , be advantageous STEAD
Three-storey temple in Cambodia rediscovered in 1860 ANGKORWAT
To be played at a reasonable speed (music) MODERATO
Variety of grain suitable for making biscuits, pastry etc. Softwheat