The Telegraph - GENERAL CROSSWORD NO: 531 - Jan 5 2003

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African skunk-like animal Zorille
Alternative name for John the Baptist's father ZACHARY
Alternative word for a worthless fellow or scamp Lorel
Archaic word for a shield TARGE
Bass tuba, a member of the saxhorn family EUPHONIUM
Belgian port linked by canal with Bruges Zeebrugge
Cyprian capital NICOSIA
Distinctive spirit of a people ETHOS
Drink given to invalid supposedly to stimulate appetite BEEFTEA
Dummy figure used for display in shop windows MANNEQUIN
European who amassed a fortune in the East NABOB
Highly contagious disease INFLUENZA
Homeless female who carries her possessions with her BAGLADY
Hot dusty wind blowing across pampas in Argentina in July and August Zonda
Its sails run fore-and-aft on a sailing-ship TOPMAST
Less common word for kindly or benign BENEFIC
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Marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of God MIRACLE
North American breed of horse APPALOOSA
Official name of Shetland until 1974 Zetland
Person from African country that was Northern Rhodesia ZAMBIAN
Process of bidding at card-games AUCTION
Provoke aversion REPEL
Relating to most profound parts of the ocean DEEPSEA
Robert Allen - - , Bob Dylan's real name ZIMMERMAN
Second largest city in Iran ISFAHAN
Slip back into a worse condition RELAPSE
Spiked iron ball, an old military weapon CALTROP
Striped animal of the horse family ZEBRA
Study of regulating food intake DIETETICS
Submit through force or persuasion YIELD
Tadmor in the Biblical name for this ancient city in central Syria PALMYRA
The very end of one's hand FINGERTIP