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    Diversions & Puzzles

    Jul 25, 2021 5 minutes

    QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker

    Puzzle No 1608

    Clues across

    1. What is the most common duck in New Zealand? (7)

    4. What is a person who escorts people to their seats? (5)

    7. In 2002, who successfully sued a Chinese company who made “Coko bricks”? (4)

    8. Under a banner “Free soup, coffee & doughnuts for the unemployed”, who financed a soup kitchen in Chicago in 1930? (2,6)

    10. Who beat Jimmy Connors to win at Wimbledon in 1975? (6,4)

    12. Which opera character worked in a cigarette factory? (6)

    13. What is a statement of an obvious truth? (6)

    15. Which fictional character lives in the Skull Cave? (3,7)

    18. Margaret Thatcher acknowledged and embraced what nickname in a 1976 speech? (4,4)

    19. What food dish consists of a soft flatbread rolled around a filling? (4)

    20. Which lake

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