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    Aug 29, 2021 6 minutes

    QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker

    Puzzle No 1613

    Clues across

    6. Jack Lovelock, Kris Kristofferson and Bill Clinton received which scholarship? (6)

    7. What nationality is former footballer Peter Schmeichel? (6)

    10. In 1973, the New Zealand Government sent two frigates to protest French nuclear testing on which Pacific atoll? (7)

    11. Bahá’u’lláh was the founder of which faith? (5)

    12. Early car makes Oldsmobile and REO took their names from which automotive pioneer? (Ransom E ____) (4)

    13. What is to be without or very short of money? (5)

    16. What is a joint made between two pieces of wood both bevelled at a 45-degree angle? (5)

    17. What river passes through St Petersburg? (4)

    20. What is the area at an airport where aircraft can park for fuelling and loading? (5)

    21. Petrol for vehicles in Brazil contains about 25% what, produced from sugar cane? (7)

    22/23. Which archaeologist became world famous

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