QUIZWORD

Puzzle No 1471 Clues across

1. What is a book-like folder of early gramophone records? (5) 4. An ideal society in a 1516 Sir Thomas More book gave us what word? (6) 9. What is a remedy for all difficulties or diseases? (7) 10. In our solar system, which is the only planet not named after a god? (5) 11. Who was Billie Piper in Doctor Who? (4) 12. What is the capital of Puerto Rico? (3,4) 13. What is a female sheep? (3) 14. What are subdivisions of a play, opera or ballet? (4) 16. What nickname had Antoine Dominique Domino Jr? (4) 18/20. Which revolutionary’s Irish roots were commemorated with a 2017 Irish postage stamp? (3,7) 21. Which coconut product is used as a substitute for horticultural moss? (4) 24. What sauce is made of garlic and olive oil? (5) 25. What furry American mammal washes its food in water? (7) 26. What vessel carries blood away from the heart? (6) 27. What trees make up New Zealand’s largest remaining indigenous forests? (5)

Clues down

1. What unit of electric current is named after a French physicist? (6) 2. In dominoes, an early material used for the tiles gave them what nickname? (5) 3/5. Which song from The Threepenny Opera is about a murderer-arsonist-rapist? (4,3,5) 6. What style of flooring has wooden blocks arranged in a geometric pattern? (7) 7. Where were the 2004 Summer Olympic Games held? (6) 8. What is the residence of a Presbyterian minister? (5) 13. What is a shrub or fruit tree trained to grow flat against a wall? (8) 15. What is a cigar with both ends open? (7) 17. Which lizard’s name was corrupted to make the name of Australia’s goanna? (6) 18. What island lies in the south of the Gulf of Naples? (5) 19. What is the official language of the world’s Universal Postal Union? (6) 22. What unstable smelly gas is composed of three oxygen atoms? (5) 23. What is a protective crust on a healing wound? (4)