The Guardian - Quick crossword No 12,379 - Jan 13 2010

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Clues Answers
20 quires REAM
Absolute ruler DICTATOR
Apathy INERTIA
Arabic hoop (anag) — fear of heights ACROPHOBIA
Bird — former British servicewoman WREN
Bitter SOUR
Capsize TURNTURTLE
Cattle thief RUSTLER
Chore (anag) — pale brownish-yellow OCHRE
Deposit with a pawnbroker HOCK
Eavesdropper LISTENER
Good taste in clothes DRESSSENSE
Clues Answers
Large wine bottle — very long-lived man METHUSELAH
Master (anag) STREAM
Messenger of the Greek gods HERMES
Muster MARSHAL
Negligent CARELESS
One of Montezuma's people AZTEC
Out-and-out ARRANT
Prelude OVERTURE
Result EVENT
Share equally HALVE
Spoken regional dialect PATOIS
Uproot by force EXTRACT