The Irish Mail on Sunday

Hidden within the grid are answers to these 20 clues

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1 Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz was the first Arabic language writer to win which Nobel Prize?

2 What is the name of the male character in French pantomime who usually wears a loose white costume and a pointed hat and has a sad white-painted face? 3 Mossel Bay is a harbour town which lies on the coast of which African country?

4 Swedish actress Greta Gustafsson was better known by what name?

5 If a creature is ‘lapidicolo­us’ it lives under what?

6 Which beverage was invented in the late 19th century by pharmacist John Pemberton as a medicine?

7 Sam Walton founded which famous US retail chain in 1962?

8 In humans, pericardit­is affects which part of the body? 9 What type of creature is a mannikin?

10 Who was the only US president not to be elected to office? 11 The liqueur creme de cassis is made with which fruit? 12 Which American car manufactur­er has a logo which features three shields inside a circle?

13 ‘Rhagfyr’ is Welsh for which month of the year? 14 In humans, steatopygi­a is a high degree of fat accumulati­on in and around which part of the body?

15 In which country was actor Yul Brynner born?

16 Pinkie, Cubitt and Ida Arnold are all characters in which Graham Greene novel?

17 First broadcast in the UK 1958, what is the world’s longest running children’s television programme?

18 Mount Sneffels is in which US state?

19 Which chemical element is represente­d by ‘Se’?

20 In Greek mythology, which god gave King Midas the power of turning everything he touched to gold?

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