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QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker

Puzzle No 1597

Clues across

1. By weight more costly than gold, what is the world’s most expensive spice? (7)

4. Also known as black pine, what New Zealand timber was much used for flooring? (5)

7. What is New Zealand’s only surviving native owl? (4)

8. Where in France were the Olympic Winter Games held in 1968? (8)

10. Made by Colt, what was the most popular handgun in the US Wild West? (10)

12. Which company made Essex and Terraplane cars? (6)

13/15. In which Charles Dickens novel does part of the action take place in America? (6,10)

18. A biography written by Roman historian Suetonius 80 years after which Roman emperor’s death is in part to blame for the ruler’s bad reputation? (8)

19. What bird appears on the coat of arms of Western