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Solution 1535 Across: 1 Annie Oakley, 8 Kellogg, 9 Mange, 10 Rank,
11 Shiatsu, 12 Fat, 13 Cedi, 15 Ghee, 17 Pus, 19 Lesotho, 20 Edam,
23 Crete, 24 Lucerne, 25 Nostradamus. Down: 1 Ankara, 2 Nylon, 3 Eton,
4 August, 5 Lemmings, 6 Yangtze, 7 Rhesus, 12 Fir trees, 14 Epstein,
16 Slicks, 17 Poplar, 18 Embers, 21 Durum, 22 Acid.
QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker CROSSWORD by David Tossman
Puzzle No 1536 Puzzle No 1145
DIVERSIONS
Solution No 1144
For explanations of previous
cryptic crosswords, see David
Tossman’s blog at http://www.noted.
co.nz/distractions/quizClues across
- Plunder the French in the
afternoon, creating some
difficulty (7) - Tertiary institution working
for amalgamation (5) - Trendy rumpled look on the
up and up (10) - Make bold contribution
inside restricted area (4) - Sales tax initially applied to a
New Zealand article showing
a piece of verse (6) - What the Queen does
perhaps with a bottle of
bubbly: has a meal including
head of asparagus (8) - Flag officer hurt badly after
his third (6) - Bank on the outskirts of
Rotorua? Not often (6) - Got it together to make the
grade with difficulty (8) - Dance madly around large
burning object (6) - Desert and depart with bird –
no way (4) - Salt could be the answer
Clues across
- What word was derived
from Urdu for “leg” and
“clothing”? (7) - During the 1930s, Benito
Mussolini placed an
antique Roman marble
column at the source of
which river? (5) - What is the French word
for five? (4) - What is the administrative
capital of South Africa? (8) - “You’ve got to know when
to hold ’em, Know when
to fold ’em” begins the
chorus of which Kenny
Rogers song? (3,7)
12/13. In his 1973 work
Marilyn: A Biography,
who made the assertion
that government agents
murdered Marilyn
Monroe? (6,6) - What is a layer of
waterproof material low
in a wall to prevent rising
moisture? (4,6) - What spectacles were
invented by Benjamin
Franklin? (8) - What is an informal
Australian word for
sausage? (4) - Which plant genus
includes the Michaelmas
daisy? (5) - What is a person thought
to be guilty of a crime? (7)
Clues down- What is an edging of
small loops on lace or
ribbon? (5) - Which novel was first
published under the
pseudonym Currer Bell?
(4,4) - What was the occupation
of someone who copied
documents by hand? (6)
4/5. Penelope Keith plays
Audrey fforbes-Hamilton
in which late 1970s
television series? (2,3,5,4) - What is a real estate agent
called in the US? (7) - Which 2005 film’s plot
involves a group of
animals from a New York
zoo who end up living in
the wild? (10) - In 1339, which city
became the first in Europe
with all paved streets? (8) - Where is Windhoek the
capital city? (7) - Cider is made from the
fermented juice of what?
(6) - How many sides does a
road stop sign have? (5) - What electronic picture
of the face of a person
sought by the police is
created by a computer
program from composite
photographs of facial
features? (1-3)
here, though a desperate
remedy (4,6)- Rhode Island, heaven for the
kind of activity gamblers like
(5) - Celebrated being
incompetent? (7)
Clues down
- Lousy shampooer, quite
shameless (4) - Agreeable bumpkin left
inside (8) - Half-full with nasty gunk
first, you might fight off
assailants with this (4,2) - Crew send in new design for
the front window (10) - Point out a grape for making
champagne (5) - Virile looking, taking one in
for the most part (6) - Day care centre is run badly?
Yes, badly. That’s about right
(7) - Genius that might be most
risqué (10) - Season to bestow a privilege
upon about fifty (7) - A catholic clergyman to be
precise (8) - Inventor turned up showing
a complete absence of
pretensions of superiority (6) - Passes on yet produces eggs
again? (6) - Some popular Germans
make it big (5) - An emotional reaction from
an awful boss? (4)
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