The Guardian - Quick crossword No 9,795 - Sep 24 2001

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Clues Answers
Accelerator THROTTLE
Bad reputation INFAMY
Body (of work etc) CORPUS
Chair (at university) PROFESSORSHIP
Chief PRINCIPAL
Commander-in-chief GENERALISSIMO
Constituency abolished by 1832 Reform Act ROTTENBOROUGH
Contemptible person TWERP
Dark - gloomy SOMBRE
Edge of pavement KERB
Employ USE
Having a propensity for stealing LIGHTFINGERED
Clues Answers
Highest point ACME
Likely to last DURABLE
Metal container for food CAN
Mirror or similar object REFLECTOR
Mirth - part song GLEE
Our clans (anag) CONSULAR
Spar projecting from front of a boat BOWSPRIT
Stand-in LOCUM
Stroke of the whip LASH
Tread water (metaphorically) MARKTIME
Without circumlocution BALDLY
Young dog (British type) BULLPUP