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    Oct 10, 2021 5 minutes

    QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker

    Puzzle No 1619

    Clues across

    7. What is a list of matters to be discussed at a meeting? (6)

    8. From 1891, post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin lived mainly where? (6)

    11. The town of Santa Claus in which US state receives thousands of letters every Christmas? (7)

    12/13. Which opera is set aboard the battleship HMS Indomitable during the Napoleonic Wars? (5,4)

    14. A huge amount of the world’s donated clothing ends up in which African capital? (5)

    18. If a dog is canine, then what animal is ovine? (5)

    19. Which queen did Olivia Colman portray in the 2018 film The Favourite? (4)

    23. Which John created his own whisky brand in 1846? (5)

    24. Which novel is Sir Walter Scott’s most popular? (7)

    25. Words cherub, jubilee and cider originated in which language? (6)

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