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    Mar 15, 2020 5 minutes

    QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker

    Puzzle No 1563

    Clues across

    1. What is the vein in the centre of a leaf? (6)

    5. What is to act in an excessively subservient manner? (6)

    9. After Java, which island has the next highest population? (6)

    10. Who is France’s president? (6)

    11. According to Samuel Johnson, what makes a man mistake words for thoughts? (4)

    12. What is a catalogue of older books still available from a publisher? (8)

    14. Which manufacturer has produced rifles and pistols for the German armed forces since the 1870s? (6)

    16. What is an archaic name for a hedgehog? (6)

    19/21. Universal Pictures paid Michael Crichton $2 million to make a film of which novel before it was even published? (8,4)

    22. What record label was founded by Elton John, Bernie Taupin and others in

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