The Guardian - Quick crossword No 12,790 - May 9 2011

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Clues Answers
Bitter aftertaste — prong TANG
Carrying a weapon ARMED
Composer of 'White Christmas' BERLIN
Composition for eight musicians OCTET
Convalescence RECOVERY
Country, capital Quito ECUADOR
Distinctive smell AROMA
English spa founded by the Romans BATH
Flavouring agent in cooking BAYLEAF
Girl's name RUTH
He sang 'White Christmas' in the film Holiday Inn CROSBY
Clues Answers
Heavily tanned BROWNASABERRY
Impartial EVENHANDED
Lager named after the town of its origin now in the Czech Republic PILSENER
Make broader WIDEN
Male singing voice BARITONE
Notices (anag) SECTION
Sioux chief — Paris cabaret CRAZYHORSE
Someone who analyses statistics to calculate insurance risks ACTUARY
Sour — vitriolic ACID
Time shortly ahead of us THENEARFUTURE
Town in Mali used as a metaphor for a distant place TIMBUKTU