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    Feb 07, 2021 5 minutes

    QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker

    Puzzle No 1584

    Clues across

    7. The Douglas fir is also known as what pine? (6)

    8. What is the state capital of Kansas? (6)

    10. Which nerve in the human body has the largest diameter? (7)

    11. What is the basic unit of money in Iceland? (5)

    12. The cottage of which James’ parents was moved from Yorkshire to Melbourne in 1934? (4)

    13. What word for an illness originated in 1954 on the radio series The Goon Show? (5)

    17. The name of which large sea ray is from the Spanish word for “blanket”? (5)

    18. What creature is Aslan in books by CS Lewis? (4)

    22. In Greek mythology, which woman had 50 daughters, known as the sea nymphs Nereids? (5)

    23. What wood with a natural

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