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    Oct 25, 2020 5 minutes

    QUIZWORD

    by Alan Shuker

    Puzzle No 1570

    Clues across

    1. Which painting technique creates the illusion of a 3D object? (6,5)

    8. In 1861, which Richard invented the first practical machine gun? (7)

    9. A goberian dog is a cross of golden retriever and which other? (5)

    10. What is the currency unit of Lithuania? (4)

    11. More than 400,000 people die each year from which disease? (7)

    12. Balmoral Castle is near which river? (3)

    13. What is a Scottish word for predict, foretell? (4)

    15. What US award is the television equivalent of an Oscar? (4)

    17. For millennia, what was commonly used in building houses? (3)

    19. Mt Tabwemasana is the highest peak in which Pacific country? (7)

    20. What flightless bird of South American grasslands resembles a small ostrich? (4)

    23. What is an unexpected plot development in a

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