The Telegraph - GK CROSSWORD NO: 898 - Jan 31 2010

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-- Convention, international agreement establishing a code for wartime treatment of sick and injured GENEVA
1024 bits in computing KILOBIT
1968 hit by Donovan JENNIFERJUNIPER
Alternative name for the grey or Canada jay Whiskyjack
Avoid and stay away deliberately ESCHEW
Be the loser in a given situation (3,3,5,2,2) GETTHEWORSTOFIT
Briefly closed one's eyes NICTITATED
Bringer of bad luck HEX
Cavity in an anther in a flowering plant POLLENSAC
Central Asian wild antelope DZEREN
Directory of prominent people WHOSWHO
Game played on a lawn CROQUET
Green long-horned grasshopper KATYDID
In a state of readiness KEYED
Indoor arena for winter sports SNOWDOME
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Industrial city in the Ruhr in Germany ESSEN
Informal word for a tall thin person BEANPOLE
Jacques --, French Prime Minister from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988 CHIRAC
Mike --, his 1973 debut album Tubular Bells spent five years in the album charts OLDFIELD
Old type size equal to six-point NONPAREIL
Operating on water near the coast INSHORE
Reflecting a sheen or gloss LUSTROUS
Sample of voting trends at an election EXITPOLL
Solution obtained by leaching LYE
Son of Henry II who ruled from 1199 to 1216 KINGJOHN
Sound-reproducing public address system TANNOY
Stingy or miserly person NIGGARD
Stopper in a bath or sink PLUG
Tenure granted to a vassal SUBFEU
Unit of weight used in the East Mediterranean ROTL