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    May 23, 2021 5 minutes

    QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker

    Puzzle No 1599

    Clues across

    1. What is an archaic name for sulphuric acid? (7)

    4. Which Hergé book (Tintin in ____) was praised by the Dalai Lama, who awarded it the Light of Truth Award? (5)

    7. What is the back of a person’s neck? (4)

    8. The final chapter of which novel begins “Reader, I married him”? (4,4)

    10. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the only woman to win a Nobel Prize twice? (5,5)

    12./13. Who was Time magazine’s Man of the Year for 1939? (6,6)

    15. What describes a drink served undiluted and with ice cubes? (2,3,5)

    18. What are sports or pastimes performed in or on water? (8)

    19. What small nail typically has an asymmetrical head? (4)

    20. Which town saw the deadliest witch-hunt in North America?

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