The Irish Mail on Sunday

Hidden within the grid are answers to these 20 clues

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1 The word porous literally refers to what characteri­stic in a substance?

2 In which country is the Bay of Pigs?

3 Which Pope announced the new calendar in 1582, replacing the Julian calendar?

4 Roald Dahl’s children’s novel Esio Trot features which creature?

5 The hull of a seed is its what?

6 The Chianti Mountains are in which mountain range?

7 Which is the only written number in English that has all its letters in alphabetic­al order?

8 What does ‘Die Adler’, nickname of the German national soccer team, mean?

9 Which colour light indicates the port side of a ship?

10 Who composed An American In Paris?

11 Mar Chiquita (Cordoba) is the largest natural salt lake in which South American country?

12 Which fruit has the Latin name Sambucus Nigra?

13 How many regions or kingdoms are in a Heptarchy?

14 What is the smallest bone in the human body?

15 What is a female mouse called?

16 Hans Van Meegeren was a famous forger of paintings by which artist?

17 Ballet Comique de la Reine is believed to be the first ballet. What city was it first performed in?

18 A Saturniid is what type of creature?

19 What type of creature is a bulbul?

20 What is the real middle name of Tiger Woods?

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