The Guardian - Quick crossword No 11,114 - Dec 19 2005

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Clues Answers
'North by ____' (Hitchcock) NORTHWEST
Absconder from school TRUANT
Circle of wood etc HOOP
Deaden (sound) MUFFLE
do. to colonel GROUPCAPTAIN
do. to private AIRCRAFTSMAN
do. to second lieutenant PILOTOFFICER
Endure UNDERGO
Fool IDIOT
Garments CLOTHING
He was invited to lay on MACDUFF
Clues Answers
How the world began - but not how it ends (Eliot) WITHABANG
Manual (anag) - old girl ALUMNA
Opera by Puccini TURANDOT
Opera by Verdi AIDA
Plenty MUCH
RAF equivalent to brigadier AIRCOMMODORE
Sentinels WATCHMEN
Sharp CLEARCUT
Small bunch of hair etc TUFT
Wading bird with upturned bill AVOCET
Welsh dog CORGI