QUIZWORD

Puzzle No 1477

Clues across

1. The American animal Bison bison is commonly known as what? (7) 4. What is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria? (5) 7. What is the basic monetary unit of South Africa? (4) 8. Made by insects, what was found on a farm at Waimauku, New Zealand in 1963, setting a 50-year Guinness World Record as the largest? (4,4) 10. Who accepted the Best Actress Oscar for the 2001 film Monster’s Ball with a long emotional speech? (5,5) 12/13. Which African leader was shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1981 after his election victory? (6,6) 15. In the 1920s Soviet Union, what diet choice became outlawed, the word even removed from dictionaries? (10) 18. What is a rhyme or pattern of letters to aid memory? (8) 19. Which bone runs parallel to the radius? (4) 20. Which US president said, “No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now”? (5) 21. What do the locals call Easter Island? (4,3)

Clues down

1. What is a bed on a ship or train? (5) 2. What are organised groups dedicated to well-known people, teams? (3,5) 3. Which New Zealand air base was earlier selected as the most suitable site for a mooring mast for the British Imperial Airship service? (6) 4. What describes powers above and beyond those of any normal person? (10) 5/6. A 1979 television episode of Battlestar Galactica featured whose last on-screen dance performance? (4,7) 9. What is the capital and largest city of Guyana? (10) 11. What 1969 story of incarceration and escape by Henri Charrière has been published in 21 languages? (8) 12. What 1988 American road comedy-drama film stars Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise? (4,3) 14. What is the unit of fineness for rayon, nylon and silk fibres? (6) 16. What is the British organisation that runs canteens and shops for service personnel? (5) 17. What is French for two? (4)