CROSSWORD LET’S GET QUIZICAL!
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DOWN 1. Heavy-hearted (3) 2. Colour (4) 3. Ditch or watercourse (4) 4. That man (3) 5. Precipitation (3) 6. Party drink (5) 9. Scandinavian (5) 10. Weekday (6) 11. Drinking vessel (3) 13. Bends, inclines (5) 14. Pleasant (4) 15. Vegetable (6) 17. Send by post (4) 19. Fast (5) 23. Put on (3) 25. Unsophisticated (5) 27. Vagary (4) 28. Draw closer to (4) 30. Lyric poem (3) 31. Snake (3) 32. Cunning (3) 1. VIDEO-sharing app TikTok – at the centre of a national security row in the United States – is owned by which Chinese company? a) Xiaomi b) Baidu c) Bytedance d) Tencent 2. DESPITE penalties for making practise starts in the wrong place, where did Lewis Hamilton finish in the Russian Grand Prix at the weekend? a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth 3. WHICH of the following countries is NOT on the UK’s quarantine list of travel destinations? a) Turkey b) Switzerland c) Trinidad and Tobago d) Monaco 4. THE owners of famed Las Vegas casino Caesar’s Palace has tabled a £2.9bn takeover bid for which High Street bookies? a) Corals b) William Hill c) Ladbrokes d) BetFred 5. WHICH Former England CRICKET all-rounder has opened up about his ongoing battle with the eating disorder bulimia? a) Ian Botham b) Geoffrey Boycott c) Matthew Hoggard d) Andrew Flintoff 6. BT has signed a deal to roll out its 5G network using equipment from which major telecoms company? a) Huawei b) Ericsson c) Nortel d) Nokia 7. HUMAN rights organisation Amnesty International has said it plans to quit which country following what it claims are reprisals from government sources? a) Indonesia b) Iran c) India d) Iraq 8. HOW many British men are left in tennis’s French Open singles competition? a) 3 b) 0 c) 2 d) 1 9. BBC One’s latest drama series Life, which launched last night and is a spin-off from the hugely popular series Dr Foster, has moved its action from fictional Parminster and is now set in which real city? a) London b) York c) Bristol d) Manchester 10. TORY MP Steve Baker has compared PM Boris Johnson to which Lord of the Rings Character? a) Lord Theoden b) Gandalf c) Gollum d) Samwise Gamgee.