QUIZWORD

Puzzle No 1465

Clues across

1. Which 1981 erotic thriller film launched Kathleen Turner’s film career? (4,4) 7. The motto of which international organisation is “We Serve”? (5) 8. Old French porc espin – spiny pig – gave what animal its name? (9) 9. What is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet? (3) 10. What is the legislative assembly in Japan? (4) 11. Which European capital has been continuously inhabited for at least 7000 years? (6) 13. With four husbands and dying at 36, who was the most-married English queen? (9,4) 15. What brandy is distilled from the fermented juice of cherries? (6) 16. What is a short repeated phrase in popular or jazz music? (4) 18/20. Subtitled A Story of Dunkirk, what is Paul Gallico’s best-known book? (3,4,5) 21. Because of finger loss, the hand feeding of what eel has been banned in the Great Barrier Reef? (5)

22. Which American oil well firefighter battled more than 2000 major fires in his career, including hundreds of wells set afire when the Iraqi army retreated from Kuwait in 1991? (3,5)

Clues down

1. What describes any animal that uses two legs for walking? (5) 2/3. At the 2018 Academy Awards, Gary Oldman was awarded the Oscar for Best Actor in which film? (7,4) 4. Which journalist gave a weekly radio broadcast from 1946 to 2004? (8,5) 5. What are the fruits of a conifer? (5) 6. Who tests ore to determine its ingredients and quality? (7) 7. What is a young hare? (7) 12. What is believed to have killed Robert the Bruce? (7) 13. What is New Zealand’s oldest government department? (7) 14. It is illegal to cut down a cactus in which US state? (7) 15. Where in Ireland is Tralee the county town? (5) 17. What given name means “flower” in French? (5) 19. Which Indian city is the site of the Taj Mahal? (4)