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QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker

Puzzle No 1610

Clues across

1. What creature does Daryl Hannah play in a 1984 film? (7)

4. Saint Guy of Anderlecht is the patron saint of animals with what? (5)

7. Who was the first US president to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery? (4)

8. Dawn French was born in Holyhead off which island? (8)

10. What does a giant utter in a classic English fairy tale? (3-2-2-3)

12. What acid is in parsley, chives, spinach? (6)

13. What long pin holds food in position while it is being cooked? (6)

15. Which is the largest landlocked country in the world? (10)

18. Which train-vehicle-passenger ferry operated across Cook Strait between 1962 and 1983? (8)

19. In Germanic and Norse mythology, which god is often depicted wielding a hammer? (4)

20. Which Francis was the first

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