dt gk quick 27/6/09

[GKW]

17ac Short-tailed marten _ _ _L_
18ac Joe, footballer _ _ _ _
24ac Fishing weight _ _D_ _ _
1dn Intrinsic nature _S_E_C_
15dn Black-capped songbird _ _ _A_ _ _
16dn Excessively polite _ _ _H_ _ _
19dn Group of foxes _K_ _ _
21dn Large crow _I_ _ _

TIA

[Claud.Butler]

24a Ledger?

[Claud.Butler]

19d Skulk

[Claud.Butler]

1d Essence?

[Prescott]

18a Cole
21d raven
17a weasel

[GKW]

I got the vegetable wrong it was shallot not spinach. Excessively polite = Genteel
Black-capped songbird = Coal Tit

Also, weasel doesn't fit for 17ac - it has too many letters