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1. Director of the film "Death
in Venice"
10. In tiddlywinks, to cover and
immobilise an
opponent's wink with one's own
11. State capital of Arkansas
12. Myxomycete
13. Mother-of-pearl
14. Designation for an author whose
name is unknown or not stated
15. Of or pertaining to the nose
16. Lowest series of rocks of the
Jurassic system
17. Japanese noodles made from
buckwheat flour
19. 1988 Olympic Games venue
21. Author of "The Essays of
Elia"
24. A ceremonial Maori dance
accompanied by chanting
25. In Hinduism, the final release of
the soul from a cycle of
incarnations
27. German bacteriologist who first
isolated the tubercle bacillus
28. US state known as the Gem State
29. Royal Navy rank equivalent to the
army rank of Major General
31. Novel for which Anita Brookner won
the Booker Prize in 1984
32. A prehistoric people inhabiting
part of Mexico c1200-100 BC
33. The third president of the United
States
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2. Members of an Augustinian order of
nuns founded by St .Angela in 1535
3. Poet who wrote "A Shropshire
Lad"
4. Shaped like a turnip
5. Middle name of the American writer
Henry Miller
6. Yellowish Japanese pottery with
gilding and enamel
7. Chief port and largest industrial
centre of Norway
8. Form of iambic verse, as in Dante's "Divina Commedia"
9. Aviation casualty of Greek
mythology
18. In Eastern countires, a gratuity
or tip
20. A hypothetical parent language
from which actual languages or
dialects are derived
22. Author of "The Decameron"
23. A largely insectivorous southern
African quadruped, Proteles
cristatus, related to the hyenas
24. River of New York City
26. An eyelike spot, as on some
feathers, butterflies' wings, etc.
27. The grey or black furry fleece of
young lambs from the Crimean area
30. Ancient region of the Middle East
whose capital was Petra
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