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QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker

Puzzle No 1593

Clues across

7. What is a line of police, soldiers or vehicles preventing access to an area? (6)

8. What is a Toyota car model of 1957-2001, and the name of a Mexican beer? (6)

10/11. The US Library of Congress holds the world’s largest collection of what song, with more than 3000 recorded performances by different individual musicians or musical ensembles? (7,5)

12. What is the busiest French airport for domestic traffic? (4)

13. In literature, what is to faint, especially from extreme emotion? (5)

17. Which herb is traditionally used to make pesto? (5)

18. Which French city has the Promenade des Anglais? (4)

22. What was the only beast of burden used by the Incas? (5)

23. What is the distance within which a voice can be heard? (7)

24. Who is the rich countess in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night? (6)

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