The Guardian - Quick crossword No 12,090 - Feb 7 2009

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Clues Answers
Afghan insurgents TALIBAN
Australian dancing girl WALTZING
Bacterium causing food poisoning LISTERIA
Bird ROBIN
Bisect HALVE
Butt - counterfoil STUB
Creature ANIMAL
East African country TANZANIA
Excavated channel DITCH
Expected - appropriate - artless NATURAL
Fabric with a thick soft finish VELOURS
Familiar tale OLDSTORY
Clues Answers
Footwear SHOE
Gamp BROLLY
Illuminated by pre-electric technology GASLIT
Morose GLUM
Old board game HALMA
Rock music (big guns?) HEAVYMETAL
Seclusion from ordinary life IVORYTOWER
See 17 MATILDA
Thoroughfare ROAD
Unable to make a mistake INFALLIBLE
Upland (maybe moral?) HIGHGROUND
Venetian painter TITIAN