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    Group 961


    Puzzle 1

    1. Three-leafed plant shape
    2. Family of Venetian religious painters
    3. A sudden increase in a data trend
    4. Lost ....; where misplaced suitcases end up
    5. Black Magic Woman musician Carlos
    6. Stretching one's neck for a better view
    7. Wife of King David in the Bible
    8. Multiple actors who share the screen
    9. Device that produces power from rotary movement
    10. The S in poet T. S. Eliot's name
    11. What Ancient Egyptians wrote on, made from leaves

    Puzzle 2

    1. The D in Microsoft's MSDN network
    2. Director of Ready Player One and Schindler's List
    3. Theatrical prize for Broadway stars
    4. South African colony under British rule, 1902-10
    5. Herb used in chewing gum, toothpaste
    6. Powerful sea serpent in Jewish tradition
    7. Little Richard song ...., Miss Molly
    8. They are locals
    9. Terry Pratchett trilogy about Nomes
    10. U-shaped body of water, also called a billabong

    Puzzle 3

    1. Lead singer of the Kinks
    2. Operation ....; French forces in Libya, 2011
    3. Female companion of outlaw Harry Longabaugh
    4. Prawns, shrimps, crabs or mussels, for example
    5. The fastest land animal in North America
    6. African island nation whose capital is Praia
    7. Robert Graves novel about Ancient Roman emperor
    8. Pen with a thin point for precision drawing
    9. Government system that gives people a say
    10. Cartoon who lives in a pineapple under the sea

    Puzzle 4

    1. Blame someone for committing a crime
    2. Series of German tanks used in WWII
    3. .... de Winter, The Three Musketeers beautiful spy
    4. Wisest of all the centaurs in Greek mythology
    5. Host country of the first Winter Olympics in 1924
    6. Director Greta who brought back Little Women
    7. Method of counting in 1s and 0s
    8. Number of Doric columns in the Brandenburg Gate
    9. Spud enjoyed mashed, roasted, boiled, fried
    10. Street performer
    11. European country whose parliament is the Storting
    12. Small crocodilian reptile, native to South America
    13. Special deals or discounts

    Puzzle 5

    1. How Crowley walks in Good Omens
    2. Wilhelm, German physicist who discovered X-rays
    3. 1765 law that placed a tax on British colonies
    4. Second-smallest Australian state
    5. Crime-fighting vigilante film, The .... Saints
    6. Dashboard device that shows a vehicle's mileage
    7. Surname of Beloved author Toni
    8. To be level after achieving equilibrium
    9. Fearless and knowledgeable fighters
    10. Two items that do not form a natural pairing
    11. What dieters count when eating
    12. Orange, yellow or white flower in Hindu temples

    Group 962


    Puzzle 1

    1. One man's trash is another man's ....
    2. Chess move that allows both king and rook to shift
    3. Black panther from Kipling's The Jungle Book
    4. Weigh down, impede
    5. Facial make-up applied for the battlefield
    6. Marvel superhero played by Mike Colter
    7. Describes all avians present in an area
    8. Muse of epic poetry in Greek mythology
    9. Dom, the monk known for his champagne
    10. Icy sphere thrown for fun in winter weather

    Puzzle 2

    1. The Barefoot Contessa's real name
    2. Mixing of sound, colour, and light Xenakis created
    3. Beat Generation writer of Naked Lunch
    4. Long dress-like garment worn to bed
    5. Fast-paced 1920s ballroom dance
    6. General word for a painkilling medicine
    7. The art of preparing and stuffing skins of animals
    8. Radioactive element with the symbol Pu
    9. Steals from a store
    10. British prime minister during WWII

    Puzzle 3

    1. Action that shouldn't be done with scissors
    2. Artist who painted The Starry Night
    3. Historic region of Central Europe, known for glass
    4. Bad guy played by Adam Driver in Star Wars
    5. Louis L'Amour is the king of this book genre
    6. Willem, Dutch navigator who sought the NE Passage
    7. Eccentric woman who collects felines
    8. Process of neatening a garment's bottom edge
    9. Stormy ...., gin-based cocktail for the Met Office
    10. The C in CBGB, famous punk music club in New York
    11. Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse cover hit
    12. The gas released by cows
    13. Prague-born Olympic distance runner Emil

    Puzzle 4

    1. Bianca, author of Cork Dork
    2. Leaders of Arab families
    3. Long-haired rabbit that originated in Turkey
    4. Norwegian mythology's multi-tentacled sea monster
    5. Apple's music and media app
    6. How Alanis Morissette's Little Pill was described
    7. Machine for squeezing out water from clothes
    8. US president who pledged to "Tear down this wall!"
    9. Tiger Woods' profession
    10. Oldest banana brand, with blue label
    11. Tooth substance; it's the hardest in our body
    12. Bring down the mood, .... spirits
    13. Earhart, solo Atlantic pilot

    Puzzle 5

    1. Large body of water on which Crimea stands
    2. Non-dairy version of a milky coffee
    3. Taylor Swift's 2008 album release
    4. Cavalry massacre of 1819 in Manchester
    5. Easily persuaded to believe something
    6. Keep at conditions suitable for development
    7. Breaking Bad and Malcolm in the Middle star Bryan
    8. Older woman who eats children in Slavic folk tales
    9. The film featuring Meryl Streep and ABBA songs
    10. Helstone, student of Hortense in the novel Shirley
    11. Short trousers fastened just below the knee

    Group 963


    Puzzle 1

    1. Organs of the body affected by nephrosis
    2. French cow's milk cheese with stripe of ash
    3. Metal pole with circular weight plates at each end
    4. ...., ...., little star, how I wonder what you are
    5. African leaping antelopes with lyre-shaped horns
    6. Merit, be worthy of
    7. Evil reptile/bird creatures in The Dark Crystal
    8. Estimate the extent, value or quality of something
    9. City that abuts Berlin, site of a 1945 conference
    10. Vermeer painted a Woman Holding one in 1663
    11. .... Keys, chain of isles/reefs including Key West

    Puzzle 2

    1. Tiny bugs that lay eggs in human hair
    2. Japanese breed of hunting dog
    3. Italian name for a dining room sideboard
    4. European city where Manneken Pis is located
    5. Top-notch French chocolate brand
    6. King, queen or jack in a deck of 52
    7. Martin, creator of the Where's Wally? books
    8. Three Flavours ...., trilogy with Pegg and Frost
    9. Someone who completes a race
    10. Short broadcast of the latest news headlines
    11. Co-singer on It's My Birthday by will.i.am
    12. A centrally important part or person

    Puzzle 3

    1. Colorant substance used by artists
    2. Special ...., clever visual imagery in filmmaking
    3. A creature that is half man half horse
    4. Sitcom character whose agent is Bebe Glazer
    5. City, theme of Paul Auster's trilogy of writings
    6. Canine nickname for Canis Major
    7. Official language of Ankara's country
    8. Sea creature that looks like a flowering plant
    9. John, English playwright of Look Back in Anger
    10. Box with moisture for cigars
    11. Kentucky whiskey
    12. Double ...., Lennon album released in 1980

    Puzzle 4

    1. Beautiful son of Cephissus and Liriope
    2. This two-word phrase is the first line in Hamlet
    3. Underground burial grounds
    4. Single-humped Arabian camel
    5. Warm feelings for a past time or place
    6. Early music delivery devices made from wax
    7. Broad, upper part of the breastbone
    8. Type of artichoke named after a Middle East city
    9. Normandy port where the RMS Titanic docked
    10. John, US author of The Grapes of Wrath

    Puzzle 5

    1. The capital city of Oman
    2. Ground conflict between two armies
    3. Pablo, cello player who stated "I am a Catalan"
    4. Peter and Lois' youngest son in Family Guy
    5. Reward for finding open-source software bugs
    6. French card game for two players using 32 cards
    7. First ...., title taken by Napoleon in 1799
    8. Like wet kisses
    9. Knights, Kings, and Sabres compete in this
    10. Bud, taller comedic partner of Lou Costello
    11. Dish of stuffed masa dough cooked in a corn husk
    12. Carrying eggs
    13. Where college students congregate

    Group 964


    Puzzle 1

    1. 2018 film with Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong
    2. For example Comet, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen
    3. American crime boss jailed for tax evasion
    4. Company that made the Wii console
    5. Insect with smelly defensive chemicals
    6. Crusty French bread stick
    7. Mineral aka calcium magnesium carbonate
    8. Germanic tribe conquered by Franks in 496
    9. National day of France, celebrated on July 14
    10. Schemers, conspirators
    11. Les Mamelles de ...., Apollinaire surreal play
    12. Opening beneath an eye that overflows when crying
    13. Sounds made by cooking meat
    14. .... Strikes Again, The Smiths' song of 1986
    15. Just a spoon full of sugar helps this go down

    Puzzle 2

    1. Relation of Maggie to Jake Gyllenhaal
    2. Cruella De Vil's henchman, paired with Horace
    3. Rock group, certified gold debut album Surfer Rosa
    4. Hindu concept of universal balance and order
    5. Forearm guard in archery
    6. Thomas, US inventor of the light bulb
    7. Oval nut, used in nougat
    8. Steampunk Cirque du Soleil show of the 2010s
    9. Baby group before Generation X
    10. Searched through papers or a bag, as a thief would
    11. Square root of 900
    12. Name given to a group of bears
    13. Auggie's astonishing journey
    14. 18th-century ship commanded by William Bligh
    15. Produce laughs and wriggles with light touch

    Puzzle 3

    1. Early brand of computer tablets for kids
    2. The highest part of a horse's back
    3. Lady ...., the Scottish play's brutal power-grabber
    4. Rather than a solo glass, order this for the table
    5. .... & Joey; family sitcom with Joey Lawrence
    6. Lines crossed when entering another country
    7. Musical beloved by and associated with JFK
    8. Painful infection beside a fingernail
    9. The twin spacecrafts launched in 1997
    10. Cutting bread with a knife
    11. First name of Monet's first wife
    12. Subject of the yellow questions in Trivial Pursuit
    13. Latin phrase for an intention to commit a crime
    14. Bob Geldof and Midge Ure's charitable gig in 1985
    15. J.J. ...., physicist known for Plum Pudding Model
    16. Nerdy teen character with fake ID in film Superbad
    17. Morsel, speck, shred

    Puzzle 4

    1. A Louisiana stew of meat, vegetables and rice
    2. Nerve that provides the sense of smell
    3. Huge Cambodian temple complex
    4. Paid soldier in the Anglo-Saxon army
    5. YouTube action along with like and comment
    6. Liquid fat from nuts, base for essential oils
    7. A movie that is less than forty minutes
    8. Lin-Manuel Miranda voiced Gizmoduck in this reboot
    9. 2011 sports drama with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill
    10. Romance novelist of Me Before You and Still Me
    11. Explosion heard when the sound barrier is broken
    12. Lottery-style fundraiser with winning tickets

    Puzzle 5

    1. Summerson, heroine of Charles Dickens' Bleak House
    2. District having one main church and pastor
    3. Surgery to take a piece of a tumour
    4. Jake, host of The Lead and State of the Union
    5. US toy company based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
    6. The Greek alphabet's equivalent of the letter L
    7. Justin Bieber's home nation
    8. Musical genre originating in 1960s Jamaica
    9. Kitchen utensils for removing lumps from flour
    10. Surname of inventor brothers Wilbur and Orville
    11. Descend down the face of a building on a wire
    12. Shaker on the end of snake's tail
    13. Dodge ...., driven in The Blues Brothers
    14. Trendy grain dish from the Andes
    15. They can be requiem, carpet, kitefin or gulper
    16. Ring of light around the sun
    17. Road built to go around a town and not through it

    Group 965


    Puzzle 1

    1. Old-fashioned name for a pickpocket
    2. Busy, metropolitan region on south China coast
    3. Actor who played Venom in 2018
    4. Use of knives on meat carcasses
    5. Width of a bird's outstretched forelimbs
    6. The study of the causes of diseases
    7. Heavy metal band whose fans are called maggots
    8. Remorseful, showing regret
    9. Wooden sled originally used by Native Cree people
    10. Short snooze to boost your energy levels
    11. Running event held on streets rather than a track
    12. Tick logos on Nike clothing
    13. Shape often used on a play button
    14. Lisbeth ...., a girl with a dragon tattoo

    Puzzle 2

    1. Shopping trips where lots of money is spent
    2. Tower built onto a castle wall
    3. Côte de ...., Burgundy AOC wine, red or white
    4. Hear or pay attention to; anagram of silent
    5. Word used to refer to young baboon or monkey
    6. Scored average in golf
    7. Belly buttons
    8. Band traditionally worn around a bride's leg
    9. The main antagonist from Mean Girls, .... George
    10. Pork chop
    11. Subscribe to someone's Twitter feed
    12. .... is the New Black, Netflix series
    13. Distress call for ships and aircraft
    14. The study of plants, their structure and ecology
    15. Austrian city to which Beethoven relocated in 1792
    16. Jhumpa, author of The Namesake
    17. Too much of something like emotion, inventory
    18. Saxon, frieze and level-loop are styles of this
    19. Elon Musk's aerospace company, founded 2002
    20. Road from ancient Rome to southern Italy: .... Way

    Puzzle 3

    1. Body of water that separates Britain and Ireland
    2. Outdoor grill for cooking meat
    3. Outlining a new business idea to potential clients
    4. Card game that uses a wooden board for scoring
    5. Christine who stars in The Good Fight
    6. Spider that lives in a hole with a hinged lid
    7. The Weeknd sang about these Lights in 2020
    8. The first explorers of newly discovered land
    9. Thelma and Louise actress Susan
    10. Spiked pieces of metal used against war vehicles
    11. Germs, microbes
    12. Crafters who make clothes with wool and needles
    13. The Bonfire of the ...., Tom Wolfe's iconic 80s tale
    14. Caribbean veggie dish made with amaranth or taro
    15. Eight-legged horse in Norse mythology
    16. Christ the ...., famous statue in Rio de Janeiro

    Puzzle 4

    1. Paul ...., US travel writer of railway journeys
    2. Wonder Woman enemy who can increase her size
    3. Olympic sport of sliding a stone on ice
    4. Ska punk band of the 90s fronted by Bradley Nowell
    5. Prisoner released early under certain conditions
    6. The bad nurse from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
    7. City of the Arabian Nights, the Iraqi capital
    8. Consecrates with oil
    9. Subtitle of the final Avengers movie
    10. .... Interlude, 1929 Eugene O'Neill play
    11. Learned, scholarly
    12. Toilet water tank that refills after flushing
    13. Buildings where people work
    14. Large, flightless bird native to Africa

    Puzzle 5

    1. Spitefulness; anagram of scantiest
    2. German city where Mercedes-Benz is based
    3. She played Denise on The Cosby Show
    4. Mountain on which Christ the Redeemer perches
    5. Freshwater insect that spins around on water
    6. Printer of famous illustrated Bible
    7. Nickname for dedicated fans of Matt and Luke Goss
    8. Homeworld of the Mandalorians in Star Wars
    9. Managers exercise it when assigning work
    10. Added a smooth final coating to a wall or ceiling
    11. Pulses used to make traditional Egyptian falafel
    12. Head-...., puzzle that really makes you think
    13. Historical record of events in time order

    Group 966


    Puzzle 1

    1. Surname of Johnny Depp's famous movie pirate Jack
    2. A harmless pill with no effect to trick the brain
    3. Sediments deposited by moving water
    4. Carl Orff's O Fortuna cantata, .... Burana
    5. Young rabbit
    6. He tackled a Minotaur
    7. 70s women's haircut with hair rolled under
    8. Paris Hilton's middle name
    9. Yellow fruits related to plantains
    10. Central planet in Masters of the Universe
    11. Thumb tack; a way to mark a map on a wall
    12. Argument, legal challenge
    13. Determined TV detective played by Peter Falk
    14. Area of East England held by the Viking invaders

    Puzzle 2

    1. Epic king of Uruk
    2. They were Paris and London in Dickens' famous Tale
    3. Any substance that is poisonous to a cell
    4. Safe and suitable for an ocean voyage
    5. Nickname of the villain in the Scream movies
    6. Megacity located in Karnataka, India
    7. Good Biblical person who helps those in trouble
    8. Like a rocky flight
    9. Drummer of The Who, died in 1978
    10. Another word for fungi, such as shiitake

    Puzzle 3

    1. Someone who belittles a person
    2. Senior male servant in a household
    3. Three-wheeled rickshaw taxi
    4. Design on a company's fleet of vehicles
    5. Jim Henson's Muppet frog
    6. A medium-sized wildcat with chain-rosette spots
    7. Description of anything, anyone from former USSR
    8. Man who was Robinson Crusoe's loyal servant
    9. Wide ribbons worn from shoulder to waist
    10. White crescent at the base of the fingernail
    11. Feel regret and seek forgiveness
    12. Country where you can visit the Halls of Montezuma
    13. Force, prise
    14. Metallic element used for magnetic alloys
    15. French form of the name Peter

    Puzzle 4

    1. Chilled chocolate mousse-like dessert
    2. Judges, lawyers are usually present at these
    3. Making a sound like a hen
    4. Ancient supercontinent in Northern Hemisphere
    5. 2019 Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello duet
    6. Maori for grandchild
    7. High King of Arnor; fourth son of Prince Isildur
    8. .... Crusade; religious mission to conquer Latvia
    9. She starred in Vanilla Sky and Nine, Cruz
    10. Winter sports race with skiing and shooting
    11. Clark Kent's wife
    12. The antiparticle of an electron
    13. A folded paper handout that delivers information
    14. Willy Loman's job in an Arthur Miller play

    Puzzle 5

    1. Japanese massage that means "finger pressure"
    2. The males in this species partake in necking
    3. Harry Potter's aunt
    4. A priest's assistant at a religious service
    5. Surname of Philip, architect of 1940s Glass House
    6. Science thought to turn base metal into gold
    7. Military and religious order of knights
    8. Anthropomorphic pitcher man that destroys walls
    9. Expensive spice made from purple flowers
    10. Captain who is best friends with Tintin
    11. Quads, abs, bis and tris
    12. Button on a fruit machine, like nudge

    Group 967


    Puzzle 1

    1. Italian dessert of coffee, cream and sponge
    2. Robber who was set free instead of Christ
    3. Eye condition with cloudy patches on the lens
    4. Dora's chosen career in the cartoon series
    5. Northern Ireland host of the 2019 golf Open
    6. The school bully in Tom Brown's Schooldays
    7. Memento, souvenir
    8. Reprimanded naughty students
    9. Genuine, the real deal
    10. Country with the ruins of Angkor Wat
    11. American Revolutionary War's traitor Arnold
    12. Section of an orchestra the cor anglais belongs to
    13. Unit of computer memory, symbol KB
    14. The Avengers and Bond actress Honor
    15. Flying ...., a legendary ghost ship

    Puzzle 2

    1. Venus Williams' younger sister
    2. Soft, fatty tissue in bone cavities
    3. Holy patron of blind people
    4. Cheap youth lodgings, popular with backpackers
    5. Chewy cereal grain
    6. An upright post or pillar
    7. Removes a VHS tape
    8. Annual Festivus event, the .... of grievances
    9. Matt Damon first played this CIA assassin in 2002
    10. Caused by or related to spores
    11. First name of the first female US vice president
    12. Evers who was a Mississippi Civil Rights activist
    13. .... for itself, needs no explanation
    14. Obedient, subservient follower
    15. Asian talking birds that mimic human speech
    16. Largest country on the Tropic of Capricorn
    17. Lunar exploration vehicles
    18. Cat and ...., pub with a musical feline perhaps?
    19. A person who communes with the spirits

    Puzzle 3

    1. Robert Goulet sang these voices on Broadway
    2. Giving people jobs
    3. Said "taxation without representation is tyranny"
    4. 1990s comedy in which Whoopi Goldberg played a nun
    5. French breed of woolly white beef cattle
    6. Novel about Liesel but narrated by Death, The ....
    7. A building for hosting cycling races
    8. Queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology
    9. American mix of lettuce, meat, eggs and dressing
    10. This broke the camel's back
    11. Muscular band that separates the chest and abdomen
    12. Crooks who sneak contraband into countries
    13. Cover that dulls the brightness of a light bulb

    Puzzle 4

    1. Medical tool that has a plunger and Luer taper
    2. .... chad, faulty punch cards at 2000 US election
    3. English rock band, or the beginning of something
    4. Rocket launcher and a brand of chewing gum
    5. Empire associated with Cyrus the Great
    6. False ...., where early savings don't last for long
    7. Setting of TV's Frasier
    8. The two days when the sun crosses Earth's equator
    9. WWI horse they couldn't kill; Dickin Medal winner
    10. Usual weather conditions of a place
    11. Small bird of prey known for its hovering skills
    12. Tools for chopping overhanging branches
    13. Bill Murray and Harold Ramis join the army
    14. Middle Fossil sister in Ballet Shoes novel
    15. Men might go to a barber for one
    16. Fiendish lackey to Horned King, The Black Cauldron

    Puzzle 5

    1. Ancient bolt-throwing missile weapon
    2. Crustacean that attaches itself to ships
    3. Objects made from relief printing technique
    4. Lifted a vehicle off the ground with a lever tool
    5. K-shaped island in central Indonesia
    6. Assassinated Ferdinand was one of these
    7. French-sounding US skincare maker of Chubby Sticks
    8. Alec Baldwin voiced a business tot in this movie
    9. Opposite of blend in; be noticeable in a crowd
    10. Element discovered and named by Marie Curie
    11. Caribbean island that Rihanna calls home
    12. Special auditorium seating reserved for monarchs
    13. Pupils at school
    14. Liqueur in a purple hooter shooter
    15. .... House, Dublin, home of the Irish legislature
    16. Duke of Milan in Shakespeare's The Tempest

    Group 968


    Puzzle 1

    1. Language invented in 1887 to bring world peace
    2. In video games, Crash's species
    3. Tall, formal top hat
    4. She wrote To Kill a Mockingbird
    5. I'm Outta Love and Left Outside Alone singer
    6. Sailor Ellen famed for record-breaking solo voyage
    7. Type of pen also known as a biro
    8. Device with mirrors to help you see round corners
    9. School of Rock film director Richard
    10. Come together to mark a happy event
    11. Abnormal bending of foot digit
    12. French breed of heavy horses
    13. Promote with commercials and flyers
    14. Trite, overused statement

    Puzzle 2

    1. The Surrey with the .... on Top, song from Oklahoma!
    2. 2014 Gary Shore movie, Dracula ....
    3. An organism capable of moving on its own
    4. Beard style with hair on the chin not cheeks
    5. Kitschy art form from Warhol, Paolozzi, Johns, etc
    6. .... Munch, Norwegian painter who created The Scream
    7. Family feline
    8. Persian King who made his soldiers eat watercress
    9. Monstrous lion slain by the hero Hercules
    10. Arthur Herbert's nickname from Happy Days
    11. George RR, author of the Game of Thrones books
    12. Jack ....; a typically cocky young man
    13. To crowd or nestle together
    14. Patchy and uneven, like bad phone service
    15. Erwin, German WW I and II military strategist
    16. Waiter or waitress

    Puzzle 3

    1. Lands and kingdom of a feudal lord
    2. Simulated or appearing on a computer
    3. Father-and-son protest singers Woody and Arlo
    4. Alias of Arthur Curry in the DC comic
    5. Bohemian birds that feast on winter berries
    6. Leonardo who painted the Mona Lisa
    7. Rectangular cardboard holder for storing papers
    8. Whey cheese in many cheesecakes
    9. Billowing out, e.g. fumes
    10. The A-Team's B. A.
    11. Rhyming ...., pair of soundalike lines in a poem
    12. Solemnly
    13. City south of Paris, Val-de-Marne dept capital
    14. Paul, former butler to Princess Diana
    15. Deep dive on a political candidate
    16. The ...., pool player Felson beats Minnesota Fats

    Puzzle 4

    1. Silky underwear garment for women
    2. One of the parties in a lawsuit
    3. Upper surfaces of rooms, at the top of walls
    4. .... of the north, William I's crushing of N England
    5. Menu items that don't come as part of a set meal
    6. Natural, fossil resin similar to amber
    7. Water birds, including ducks, geese, swans
    8. Wheel on which Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger
    9. Plastic product needed for 3D printing
    10. The ...., 1987 teen vampire-hunting comedy
    11. Automobile manufacturer
    12. Its medical name is an optotype
    13. Lowland region around Italy's longest river
    14. Enemy army of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    15. Phoenician republic battled with Greeks and Romans
    16. State of absolute elation
    17. Nationality of Mother Teresa at birth
    18. Triathletes Alistair and Jonny the .... brothers

    Puzzle 5

    1. A type of red algae native to Atlantic shorelines
    2. Art crime that seeks to copy famous masters
    3. Bang & ...., Danish consumer electronics company
    4. To freefall out of a plane
    5. French cardinal, in charge while Louis XIV a minor
    6. Country in which Lego was invented
    7. After John, the second most common name of a pope
    8. Book for kids by E. Nesbit: The .... Children
    9. Movie for which Charlize Theron won an Oscar
    10. A chocolate candy bar made in Chicago in the 1940s
    11. Cough sweet to soothe the throat
    12. Antiquated term for disgraces
    13. NSFW, not safe ....; warning on risqué emails
    14. Changed, adjusted
    15. Andy, star of hit sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine
    16. Water-boiling gadgets

    Group 969


    Puzzle 1

    1. The ...., publication of the Salvation Army
    2. Puzzle video game in which the cake is a lie
    3. A common saying, .... and conquer
    4. .... Berlin, US composer of Puttin' on the Ritz
    5. Lamb in its second year
    6. Amazon's gadget for downloading e-books
    7. First name of first Czech Republic president Havel
    8. Abrasive volcanic stone used for polishing
    9. Where Little Jack Horner sat, in a nursery rhyme
    10. Oil company with red star logo
    11. Turner Prize-winning artist Hirst
    12. Liquid mixture used to thicken sauces
    13. The scientist from Back to the Future, Doc Brown
    14. Tool used for banging in nails
    15. Eighth month in the Gregorian calendar
    16. Head honchos, people in charge of workers

    Puzzle 2

    1. It's what the word "gym" is short for
    2. Paper napkin
    3. Order of hereditary succession
    4. Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe, born in 1807
    5. Landmark life event such as a 50th birthday
    6. Bull-like beast in the Epic of Gilgamesh
    7. Legendary lead singer of the Supremes
    8. Early 20th century horror author H.P.
    9. Divide up a country
    10. Heavy equine used for farm work
    11. Damage to skin and tissue from extreme cold
    12. Unnamed individual; keeping identity private
    13. .... Willie, 1928 cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse

    Puzzle 3

    1. La ...., Joan of Arc's preferred nickname
    2. Pays back a dissatisfied customer
    3. Illegal version, such as Prohibition alcohol or CDs
    4. Unit of length equal to 220 yards
    5. A knight's required military service
    6. Sport governed by the FIE
    7. Neoclassical style, dating around 1800 to 1830
    8. Mixes with people socially
    9. A vertical passage through which smoke escapes
    10. Sweeney Todd's daughter, living with Judge Turpin
    11. This chapel's ceiling was painted by Michelangelo
    12. The only US state whose name contains a Z
    13. Supernanny, expert at dealing with tantrums
    14. Stanley ....; director and producer of The Shining

    Puzzle 4

    1. Reporter's name attached to an article
    2. Spanish explorer brothers Vincente and Martin
    3. Female patron saint of Ireland, from Kildare
    4. Red salad veg used to make pizza sauce
    5. A carved figure of a person, animal or thing
    6. Recorded history, chronicles, archives
    7. Dog breed, aka the Russian wolfhound
    8. Slang for fashionable, as used by Austin Powers
    9. Spice from which mace can also be produced
    10. Stethoscope used to listen to unborn babies
    11. Stone slabs that cover a patio or garden path
    12. .... Bush of Chicago Fire, Med, and P.D.
    13. .... From America, song by The Proclaimers
    14. What Olympus, London, and Angel have done on film
    15. Unexpectedly terminate a phone call
    16. Author Cline who wrote Ready Player One
    17. .... suit, a man's business suit of jacket/trousers
    18. Zodiac sign represented by a crab
    19. Disappeared into thin air

    Puzzle 5

    1. Principal language of Madagascar
    2. 2015 Saoirse Ronan movie set in 1950s New York
    3. Strength contest where teams pull on a rope
    4. US writer of the Da Vinci Code
    5. Taurus' open star cluster, seven sisters
    6. Singer whose Bond theme was Writing's on the Wall
    7. Dry-cured pork meat named after an Italian region
    8. Obstruction
    9. Brown jumping insects, similar to grasshoppers
    10. Country where the medieval Castle Tavira stands
    11. Boston ...., 1773 attack on ships in the harbor
    12. Hellenists
    13. Lesley .... plays Margaret in season 6 of The Crown

    Group 970


    Puzzle 1

    1. Males who lead horse-drawn brewery wagons
    2. French artist who painted 1902's Primitive Tales
    3. Miserly businessman in A Christmas Carol
    4. Stones carried on a ship to balance it out
    5. Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's niece and owner of Toto
    6. Fish-eating crocodilian, native to India
    7. Legal term for a boundary between two areas
    8. A tough sheath that encloses an organ or body part
    9. American manufacturer of snowmobiles
    10. It's said that Nero did this while Rome burned
    11. Main antagonist in Dexter's Laboratory
    12. Young Hindu moon god who rides in a chariot
    13. .... Stage; main performance area at Glastonbury
    14. Precious stone marking a 55th wedding anniversary
    15. Prediction found inside a Chinese food cookie
    16. Susan B, US social reformer
    17. Order given to trained animal or military officer
    18. Stepping on a pedal to slow a vehicle's speed
    19. A cut-out template for shapes or letters
    20. Archaic synonym of usages
    21. Sea that the River Volga flows into

    Puzzle 2

    1. Comedic actor in Shaun of the Dead, Star Trek
    2. Large land mass, e.g. Africa, Asia
    3. Without question
    4. Run by the final athlete in a relay race
    5. Egyptian queen, last ruler of Ptolemaic Kingdom
    6. Eldest member of the Bee Gees trio
    7. .... Europe, US broadcaster to Soviet countries
    8. To vanish or stop being visible
    9. Holden, narrator of The Catcher in the Rye
    10. An airship like a blimp
    11. Wheeless transport carried by people

    Puzzle 3

    1. Best place for spotting constellations
    2. Protective garments worn while working or painting
    3. On average, it will have 336 dimples
    4. Transformation of a room or entire property
    5. Type of monk who seeks nirvana
    6. Having enough water for your body to be healthy
    7. Explorer's sea, part of the Southern Ocean
    8. Not at all economical
    9. A rude term for a muggle-born witch or wizard
    10. Citrus oil used in Earl Grey tea
    11. An attractive and child-like disposition
    12. .... Richard, ship captained by John Paul Jones
    13. King Edmund II's nickname
    14. Belgian cartographer who drew up 1569 world map
    15. City in which the Australian parliament convenes
    16. .... II; ruler carved in rock at Abu Simbel temple
    17. Pigs' feet

    Puzzle 4

    1. The belief that objects and creatures have spirits
    2. Poison that smells of bitter almonds
    3. Crime where money is stolen by invaders
    4. Figure skating jump named for its Swedish inventor
    5. Rustic wooden shoe in one piece from northern Spain
    6. Writer-comedian John, voiced Spider-Ham in 2018
    7. Eighties goth rock band; antibiotics
    8. Ioannis ...., Greek hardliner became a dictator
    9. It's the W in Call of Duty's MW gaming franchise
    10. Abridge a book, reduce in size
    11. A large, winged, detritus feeder with a bald head
    12. Sweet dish served after dinner
    13. Headland on the Massachusetts coast
    14. Proficient through instruction
    15. Terry, Monty Python animator who debuted in 1969
    16. What Chinese states were doing from 475 to 221 BC
    17. Liza Minnelli won an Oscar for this musical film
    18. Supportive cushion for bending and gardening

    Puzzle 5

    1. Japanese art form of cultivating miniature trees
    2. Robert ...., liked by Queen Bess
    3. Snicket who had a series of unfortunate events
    4. The Persistence of ...., 1931 Salvador Dalí painting
    5. Ceasefires, armistices
    6. Spicy hot milk drink, curdled with wine or beer
    7. Martin, German theologian and Protestant Reformer
    8. US subscription warehouse retailer
    9. Knock down all 10 bowling pins in one go
    10. Fifteen in French
    11. Drink that gives its name to a small table
    12. Batman's home city

    Group 971


    Puzzle 1

    1. A freshwater crustacean that resembles a lobster
    2. Totalitarian and/or post-apocalyptic society
    3. Simple Italian sauce made with fresh tomatoes
    4. Property that descends to an heir
    5. French resort, site of the first Winter Olympics
    6. Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva in Hinduism
    7. Inhaled and exhaled
    8. Actress Mary, founded studios with Fairbanks
    9. Having confessed knowledge of something
    10. The time of year when the sun is highest or lowest
    11. Floating water plant found on the surface of ponds
    12. Rate in which employees leave and are replaced
    13. Unpredictable, changeable; tense
    14. Some People Have Real ...., 2008 Sia album
    15. Relating to meteoric glass debris
    16. Monty Burns's assistant in The Simpsons

    Puzzle 2

    1. What The Sun does in the 1926 Hemingway book
    2. Oscar-winning star of TV's Mr. Robot
    3. Blade that spins round to move a boat or plane
    4. Limb, extremity
    5. Energy present in moving air masses
    6. Unit of frequency abbreviated to kHz
    7. Jumping out of an aircraft with a parachute
    8. First lady Martha Washington's maiden name
    9. Long, one-piece underwear worn in the 19th century
    10. Formally end a work contract
    11. The transformer named after a buzzing pollinator
    12. Singer-songwriter of Starboy and Blinding Lights
    13. To present one stranger to another
    14. Wedged writing on tablets from ancient Mesopotamia

    Puzzle 3

    1. German mercenary of the American Revolution
    2. Gavin DeGraw's song about someone else's sugar
    3. Growing a crystal on top of another crystal
    4. In-car safety devices that inflate in collisions
    5. The .... Hour (La hora del baño), by Sorolla
    6. Time-...., eg, taking a football to the corner flag
    7. Medical name for grinding your teeth
    8. Suitor who resists loving Elizabeth Bennet
    9. Vanished into ....; suddenly disappeared
    10. The street and city where one lives
    11. Bright comet, first spotted in March 2020
    12. Its national anthem is called The Brabantian
    13. Windpipe that connects the larynx to the lungs
    14. Unobtanium is mined on this moon, home to Na'vi

    Puzzle 4

    1. Lizards, snakes, alligators, and more
    2. Superhero name of DC Comics' Shiera Sanders Hall
    3. First name of Polish composer Chopin
    4. Long tube for watering plants or washing a car
    5. A dilemma between three different choices
    6. HBO mini-series about Sister Night
    7. Surrealist Dalí, known for his melting watches
    8. Chemical used to clean pool water
    9. Australian island with Hobart as its capital
    10. Portuguese-style spicy chicken
    11. Radio towers do this with radio signals
    12. A Little ...., by Frances Hodgson Burnett
    13. Frederick, leader of abolition movement in 1800s
    14. .... Earth, destructive military policy
    15. Nagging skull pain or a worrying problem
    16. The Big Sick and Silicon Valley actor Kumail

    Puzzle 5

    1. Armchair ...., someone who passes judgment
    2. With artificially enhanced body parts
    3. Peter Nichols wrote A Day in the Death of him
    4. He chases Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde
    5. This plus zinc makes brass
    6. A biography written from one's personal knowledge
    7. Cross between Arctic and grizzly bear
    8. Alaska's capital city that's hard to get to
    9. Use a vacuum cleaner to suck up dirt from floors
    10. Settle at a new house
    11. 1980 space opera movie, Flash ....
    12. The Blue ...., popular waltz by Johann Strauss II
    13. Dr. Bunsen's Muppet assistant
    14. Food chain founded as Pete's Super Submarines
    15. This Hero singer shares a surname with Drew Carey
    16. Craniums

    Group 972


    Puzzle 1

    1. Most like Marcus Crassus
    2. They appear in court to plead their case
    3. Intermediary complex between DNA and chromosome
    4. The current state of things; position, location
    5. Character who narrates Desperate Housewives
    6. Middle day of the working week
    7. Culture Club sang about this Karma lizard
    8. Edward VIII famously did this from the throne
    9. Department that handles staff welfare and training
    10. A low, half open level of a building
    11. City in which JK Rowling created Harry Potter
    12. This Chester was a treasure hunter in The Goonies

    Puzzle 2

    1. The current epoch of geological time
    2. Political propaganda displayed in the arts
    3. Fairy-tale prince
    4. Viral disease cured by the first vaccine
    5. Scents in bottles
    6. Staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology
    7. Arrested Development hit about a homeless man
    8. Lockable device that holds drinks decanters
    9. Ridiculous, absurd, nonsensical
    10. To flourish a sword
    11. Indian Ocean country once called Ceylon
    12. Founding Father said to have invented bifocals
    13. Eye shields worn by horses around traffic
    14. Tube linking the outer and inner hearing organ

    Puzzle 3

    1. Stays the same shade year round
    2. Circus performer who lifts heavy weights
    3. He was Batman, then a Prince of Egypt
    4. Boots with blades for those who dance in a rink
    5. Animals with the longest tongue-to-body ratio
    6. Where Incan ruler Atahualpa was taken by Pizarro
    7. Neil, the first person to walk on the moon
    8. Instructors ask them to test knowledge
    9. French dish of poached meat covered with aspic
    10. Sailing vessels with traditional rigging
    11. Glass made by lightning striking sand

    Puzzle 4

    1. The Louvre and MOMA, for example
    2. .... giant; large domestic rabbit breed
    3. Scots raiders in Border country, such as Rob Roy
    4. Colleen Ballinger sings as this online character
    5. Hollywood ...., famous Los Angeles cemetery
    6. 1988 movie starring Bruce Willis as John McClane
    7. First name of TV's Teenage Witch
    8. It broke away from Ethiopia in 1993
    9. Ron's surname in Harry Potter
    10. Comment that reveals what happens in a film
    11. Host nation of the 1952 Olympics
    12. Walking uphill for a more intense exercise
    13. Decorative flags for a celebration
    14. Pilot's emergency escape seat in an aircraft

    Puzzle 5

    1. Type of burner used in chemistry labs
    2. A place that sells beer, like a bar or pub
    3. Appalachian ...., Aaron Copland's ballet piece
    4. Type of network made up of nerves in the body
    5. An oppressive leader, like a dictator
    6. Limestone rock with egg-like particles
    7. .... in a Bun; circular frankfurter served in Wimpy
    8. Forces who work together in wartime
    9. Priestess thought to communicate with deities
    10. Style ...., subcultures of dress and fashion
    11. The Indian city now known as Mumbai
    12. .... of war, property or land seized by a victor
    13. Sarah, original target of The Terminator
    14. Chinese philosopher said to have founded Taoism
    15. To prosper or excel, rhymes with alive
    16. Rubber seal
    17. Video game .... of Legends
    18. Jennifer Aniston's character in Friends
    19. Writer of novels

    Group 973


    Puzzle 1

    1. The decimal part of a logarithm
    2. Neve, Sidney in Scream
    3. Prisoner, especially one confined within a country
    4. People from Bruges or Brussels
    5. Activity of Harriet the Spy and Nancy Drew
    6. Proper name for Thailand's form of kickboxing
    7. Treasure on a GPS outdoor treasure hunt
    8. Musical genre to which the Ramones belong
    9. Beer produced by amateurs, for non-commercial use
    10. Lightweight horse blanket
    11. Someone entering into a Hall of Fame
    12. Baseball cap with adjustable closure at the rear
    13. New York's famous theatrical district

    Puzzle 2

    1. Oscar Wilde play illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley
    2. Former name for the Paris stock exchange
    3. Medical name for vitamin B3
    4. Shiny fastening of a belt, shoe or handbag
    5. Decadent French layered cake
    6. Cold weather landscape with limited vegetation
    7. Long-form word for online diary
    8. Father/daughter Pakistani PMs Zulfikar and Benazir
    9. 1994 Tim Allen movie, The Santa ....
    10. Amazon comedy about living in a digital afterlife
    11. Black-and-white cartoon beagle, Woodstock's friend
    12. Trees that are called wattles in Australia
    13. Sport in which you might hear "seconds out" called
    14. Name given to a group of kittens
    15. Reef-building polyps
    16. Harry, the 33rd president of the United States
    17. Money made from a winning bet
    18. Backbones

    Puzzle 3

    1. Blood is said to be .... than water
    2. Adaptation to resemble another species
    3. Paralyzed body part
    4. Northern Irish golf pro, Rory
    5. The last day of this month is Halloween
    6. A popular architectural style from the 1920s
    7. Tim Burton movie about the artist Margaret Keane
    8. Removed an oyster from its shell
    9. The area where a river meets the sea or ocean
    10. Ancient Egyptian water-raising machine
    11. French fashion brand with a crocodile logo
    12. Person who cares for horses' hooves
    13. First name of the theatrical composer Sondheim
    14. James, founder of the Java programming language
    15. Strict or stern in attitude or appearance
    16. Link's egg-shaped flute in The Legend of Zelda
    17. Three's ...., US sitcom based on Man About the House
    18. First Triumvirate member with Pompey and Caesar

    Puzzle 4

    1. Ocean dweller with a long, weapon-like nose
    2. Last ruler of the Incan Empire
    3. London pollution event that led to clean air acts
    4. Sunset ...., Billy Wilder film with William Holden
    5. REM's guitarist
    6. Small, bright cake toppings
    7. Christina, one of the leads in Dead to Me
    8. They prepared bodies for burial in Ancient Egypt
    9. Sultry spy snare
    10. Lysine, tryptophan or glutamine for example
    11. Capital of Romania

    Puzzle 5

    1. The second S in SMS messaging
    2. Moscow fortress and seat of Russian government
    3. Enya was in this band
    4. The highest court in America
    5. Norman, author of A River Runs Through It
    6. An animal that has had its horns removed
    7. A Greek water or lake nymph
    8. Fancy clothing for the sovereign
    9. Largest naval battle of WWI, the Battle of ....
    10. The gradual wearing away of the Earth's surface
    11. I May .... You, TV series about writer Arabella
    12. To attempt to be the best
    13. 1996 bowling movie by the Farrelly Brothers
    14. The loss of smell
    15. Defying ...., hit song from the musical Wicked

    Group 974


    Puzzle 1

    1. .... Turtle, cartoon sword-fighting reptile
    2. .... Massacre; raid on Portuguese pirates by Chinese
    3. Matthew ...., American explorer of the Arctic
    4. Attack with surprise
    5. Non-stick pan surface brand
    6. Miami area once called Lemon City, now .... Haiti
    7. Bart Simpson's littlest sister
    8. .... era, another name for the Kingdom of Hungary
    9. Scanty or revealing clothes
    10. Gangsta's Paradise singer of 1995
    11. Daniel LaRusso's mentor in The Karate Kid saga
    12. Richard ...., the hero of The 39 Steps
    13. Spring up out of the ground, like a plant
    14. Sign of the zodiac associated with twins
    15. Central nervous and computer ....
    16. What candidates do a lot together before elections
    17. Tiny bead of microplastic
    18. First name of soccer star Messi
    19. It's said to be in the eye of the beholder
    20. Spanish yogurt-maker, named after owner's son
    21. As much as the upper limbs can carry
    22. Medical name for a tailbone, base of the spine

    Puzzle 2

    1. Ballet dancer who ranks below a soloist
    2. The legendary food of the gods in Greek myth
    3. Treated like a servant
    4. Examples include apple pie and cheesecake
    5. .... for Africa, nickname for imperialist conquests
    6. William the Conqueror's first title, Duke of ....
    7. Cinderella should have left the party at this time
    8. Track and field competition for farthest leap
    9. Nature, female aspect of existence in Hinduism
    10. A substance that can neutralize a certain poison
    11. Type of aid that helps a person get around
    12. Ziggy ...., one of David Bowie's alter egos
    13. Rise or grow suddenly or rapidly
    14. Horse breed with golden coat and white mane
    15. .... scale, used to measure wind speed

    Puzzle 3

    1. Describes crops grown on agricultural land
    2. Class of elementary particles, not fermions
    3. .... Tower, as-yet-incomplete, aka Kingdom Tower
    4. An extreme version of this is called esuriance
    5. Middlesex town where Elton John was born
    6. UFOs are this kind of Unidentified Objects
    7. Andrew ....; inventor of the threshing machine
    8. You Should Be Sad singer
    9. Cesar ....; American activist for workers' rights
    10. Reasonably titled sequel of the movie Alien
    11. Wizard of Arthurian legend
    12. Colossus of ....; an ancient wonder of the world
    13. Golf club for rolling
    14. Timmy Turner's godparents are The .... OddParents
    15. Crime named in nine Agatha Christie novel titles
    16. Cheer of victory
    17. Extremely thin traditional French pancakes
    18. Epic, legendary

    Puzzle 4

    1. Aliens like Doctor Who
    2. Actor Bale from Vice and American Hustle
    3. Red-robed jester in Russian puppetry
    4. Heavy teabread made with refined animal fat
    5. Sea in which the island of Redonda is found
    6. Examples include the painted lady and red admiral
    7. Science of weights and measures
    8. He and Simon sang The Sound of Silence
    9. Platform for hanging ten on a wave
    10. King of the Britons, he invited Saxons to Britain
    11. Support collar worn after head and back injuries
    12. The first novel in the Hannibal Lecter series
    13. Hand-reading form of clairvoyance

    Puzzle 5

    1. Directional tool with an arrow that points North
    2. The G in MGM, Metro .... Meyer
    3. Sacred Sanskrit words that are repeated
    4. Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy
    5. You might eat this fish pickled
    6. King-in-waiting after whom New York was named
    7. City left in ruins by the Vesuvius volcano in AD79
    8. Two-wheeled, animal-pulled vehicle
    9. Diplomatic support staff
    10. Uncoined gold or silver
    11. Tiny sharp implements you'd find in an étui
    12. Triangle with no equal sides or angles
    13. Muscular dog with a wrinkled face and flat nose
    14. Groups of four musicians

    Group 975


    Puzzle 1

    1. Grains of salt or tiny particles of ice
    2. US singer of the hit Cornflake Girl
    3. Winter sport where athletes sled head-first
    4. Military combat uniforms
    5. Formal agreement to make donations to charity
    6. Prehistoric timber circle on north Norfolk coast
    7. He was a finger-sized hero in his fairy tale
    8. Anthony, writer of Alex Rider and Foyle's War
    9. Fair to ....; of average quality
    10. Shakespeare play about 3 daughters, inheritance
    11. Calendar event when February has an extra day
    12. He brought life to Porky Pig and Daffy Duck
    13. Actor husband of Emma Thompson
    14. Small pile of earth created by underground mammal
    15. Popular nickname of New York's Fuller Building
    16. Sour seed pods used in South East Asian cuisine
    17. The southernmost of Rome's seven hills

    Puzzle 2

    1. Airplane magazine offering fun items for sale
    2. Country in which the airline Gulf Air is based
    3. Medical practice of creating suction on skin
    4. Cooks an egg in boiling water
    5. Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, ....
    6. Angelina Jolie character in Kung Fu Panda
    7. Child genius with exceptional talent or ability
    8. .... edge; at the forefront
    9. 1999 Texas football movie .... Blues
    10. Traditional birthstone for April
    11. Knitted lead character of LittleBigPlanet games
    12. Round metal percussion instruments
    13. Emptied the toilet down the drain
    14. 1999 Super Bowl winners
    15. Italian who discovered four satellites of Saturn
    16. Newborn snake

    Puzzle 3

    1. White ....; auction where every single lot is sold
    2. Stuffed toys including Cheer, Wish, Funshine
    3. Lighthouse of Grace Darling rescue fame
    4. Times long gone; grandparents reminisce about them
    5. Country shindig with participants in rows
    6. Hair band that VSCO girls made popular again
    7. A much smaller version of something
    8. Author of Forever, Superfudge, Blubber
    9. A polygon with 12 sides and 12 angles
    10. Mammalian order of meat-eaters
    11. South Asian snack of chutney with fried potatoes
    12. Last name of Zoe and Hoban in sci-fi show Firefly
    13. South African language with Dutch origins

    Puzzle 4

    1. Chemical element also known as wolfram
    2. Writ summoning someone to attend court
    3. Shopkeeper, business owner who sells to customers
    4. Fish, less well known than its freshwater namesake
    5. Nursery rhyme, "Jack ...., Jack be quick"
    6. Dried scaly flecks seen on the shoulders
    7. Sherlock's undercover name in His Last Bow
    8. US lyricist who wrote with Burt Bacharach
    9. The movie genre associated with Alfred Hitchcock
    10. Hearts to spades trick type invented by Roy Walton
    11. Irish oath, or an anagram of bah! roger
    12. Outfit worn to enable human flight
    13. Abstain from alcohol
    14. Ferdinand, planned first circumnavigation of Earth
    15. Michael Jordan's signature move
    16. Display of boisterous high spirits
    17. 50's western TV series about gambling brothers

    Puzzle 5

    1. Another name for infection called oral candidiasis
    2. French art period of ornate detail and pastel hues
    3. Witnesses who give evidence of your whereabouts
    4. Stir up, spark
    5. Well in Mecca where pilgrims visit to drink water
    6. Weather phenomena with thunder and lightning
    7. Rickie the dirt-biking golfer
    8. Nepalese recruit in British Army regiment
    9. .... slip, a list of corrections added to a book
    10. .... Hunt, painter, one of the Pre-Raphaelites
    11. Document of your past professional experience
    12. Burt Reynolds played this in Smokey movie
    13. The open front flaps of a jacket or blouse
    14. Video sync units of time invented by FB engineer
    15. .... snap, lacy-textured, cylindrical sticky biscuit
    16. N French city, found in Mary I's heart maybe
    17. Insects that have hatched but are not yet pupae
    18. Casey Musgraves album .... Hour
    19. Home state of Jason Momoa and Bette Midler

    Group 976


    Puzzle 1

    1. Oversized paper prints on a bedroom wall
    2. TV doctor Sam Beckett made this leap
    3. Stone Age male
    4. .... Lama, second highest ranking Tibetan lama
    5. Joe, co-creator of Superman with Jerry Siegel
    6. Hauts-...., north French dept, "of Paris river"
    7. Aspiring, smalltime actress
    8. Ancient Egyptian strategy game with small stones
    9. .... Germanotta; birth name of Lady Gaga
    10. Draco, Regina George, Joffrey are all these
    11. What an acrophobic fears
    12. Deeply felt emotions; strong and impactful
    13. Blackbeard and Captain Kidd were famous ones
    14. Beowulf defeats this dark creature
    15. Sport done on whitewater

    Puzzle 2

    1. Tainted wine, containing excess tannins
    2. Hot Indian curry; former name of Chennia
    3. King of Scotland who succeeded Malcolm in 1034
    4. Black Gives Way ...., Alice in Chains with Elton
    5. Casa ...., pink casa where Argentine president lives
    6. Relating to horses
    7. WWII battle in north-east India in April 1944
    8. This four-lobed leaf brings good luck
    9. A unit of distance equal to 3.26 light years
    10. Film where Audrey Tautou plays a quirky Parisienne
    11. Type of aggravating cough with itchy sensation
    12. Demand emphatically
    13. Why the little match girl lights the first match
    14. Metal plate in a printing press
    15. .... the Fringe, 60s West End and Broadway revue

    Puzzle 3

    1. With no settled home or family ties
    2. The French franc was divided into 100 of them
    3. San Giorgio ....; Venice isle with Palladian church
    4. The location of The Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia
    5. Medically remove a limb
    6. Trick someone into clicking an Astley song
    7. Able to secrete poison, like a cobra
    8. Being able to make up one's mind easily
    9. Square root of 196
    10. Long-distance race
    11. Author Michael, who created TV's E.R.
    12. Say hello to my little friend is from this film
    13. Sponge cake filled with jam
    14. 1st European navigator to round Cape Bojador/1434
    15. One who uses pistols at dawn
    16. Scarborough Fair herb, with parsley, sage, thyme
    17. Barbara who wrote over 700 romantic novels
    18. Agents who pay out military wages

    Puzzle 4

    1. Tim Burton movie about exaggerated life stories
    2. Welsh, Irish, Scottish are types of this small dog
    3. Smallest planet in mass
    4. Inquisitive George, lived with a yellow-hatted man
    5. Packing materials; legumes
    6. Short passage from a book
    7. Story with a lesson in it, Jesus told many
    8. .... Fraud Office or SFO
    9. Downward stomping motion in kickboxing
    10. Nonsense, something utterly meaningless
    11. Early 1900s music genre of homemade instruments
    12. French playwright of The Miser and Tartuffe
    13. Roman emperor who succeeded Trajan in AD 117
    14. Dried green herb used in creamy fish sauce
    15. Underlying meaning
    16. Having to do with the stomach

    Puzzle 5

    1. Dora the Explorer's cousin stars in this spinoff
    2. Storage container for household H2O
    3. Fabrics made from non-natural products
    4. Concentrated, exhaustive
    5. Roman Emperor who commissioned the Colosseum
    6. Generic name for a pre-1800 European painter
    7. Helicopter that was Down in a Ridley Scott movie
    8. Native American loaf made from maize flour
    9. Small, spherical green fruit covered in husk
    10. The continuous flow of particles from the sun
    11. Government representatives at a meeting
    12. Author of Little Fires Everywhere
    13. Probably the oldest active volcano on Earth
    14. Medical term for a nosebleed

    Group 977


    Puzzle 1

    1. Iranian cookie, ground almond shortbread
    2. Broke off a visit ahead of the planned time
    3. Obsolete term for one in charge of legation
    4. Damon Albarn's band with primate name
    5. Quality of being magnetically charming
    6. Disinfectant bath for animals with fleeces
    7. National airline with its hub in Rome
    8. Shows like Les Miserables, Grease and Rent
    9. Timothée who played Laurie in Little Women
    10. Near the head of an animal
    11. Elena, author of the Neapolitan Novels
    12. General ...., ship sunk during the Falklands War
    13. The capital of Chile

    Puzzle 2

    1. Players want 21 points in this card game
    2. News coverage, process of conveying news
    3. Company that made Bill Gates his fortune
    4. Sparkling mixer drink, often served with whiskey
    5. A thick-skinned reptile with a V-shaped snout
    6. Menswear-wearing Diane Keaton character
    7. King of Babylonia known for his legal code
    8. Russian stringed instrument, triangle shape
    9. Shallow plate used for culturing microorganisms
    10. Pulitzer-winning author of A Death in the Family
    11. Threw away without using

    Puzzle 3

    1. Rotational energy, affects a tennis ball's motion
    2. Elizabeth Cady who was an early US feminist
    3. Underground rock layer that stores groundwater
    4. A foot pedal; a lever operated with a foot or leg
    5. This is not an option for Apollo 13
    6. Highly intelligent mammal that lives in the ocean
    7. This Khan founded the Mongol Empire
    8. .... Blake; illustrator of many Roald Dahl books
    9. Aquavit herb with crescent-shaped seeds
    10. .... office; facility for preparing mail deliveries
    11. Carefree, up for a good time
    12. Sons of ...., secret society opposed the Stamp Act

    Puzzle 4

    1. Simple card game with an aquatic name
    2. .... Hatch, former Kent location for F1 racing
    3. Sesame paste used to make hummus
    4. Leaders of Jewish congregations
    5. Gargamel tried to catch these blue characters
    6. Accurate, long-barrelled guns
    7. Luxury Italian fashion house with Giorgio brand
    8. Rainforest bird with a brightly hued beak
    9. Angela, classical pianist known for playing Bach
    10. Bursts of electrical power
    11. Family that has a long day's journey into night
    12. Director Scott, known for Alien and Blade Runner
    13. 19th-century theme park gardens in Denmark
    14. .... Tapestry depicts the Battle of Hastings
    15. Paintings or slogans drawn directly onto a wall
    16. Unit of depth; antiquated synonym for "embrace"
    17. This Suge rapper is no child, but his name is
    18. Votes in a politician
    19. Pivotal Libyan battles of the WW2 desert campaign

    Puzzle 5

    1. Robust diecast metal trucks
    2. Mementos from a vacation
    3. One of the two large lower chambers of the heart
    4. The world's smallest dog breed
    5. He was in Thor, Pacific Rim and The Wire
    6. UK rock group who released In Rainbows in 2007
    7. First officially licensed British female boxer
    8. Tricky, awkward situation
    9. Kitchen appliance for fast reheating
    10. Someone whose power is due to their wealth

    Group 978


    Puzzle 1

    1. Outfits worn to fancy dress parties
    2. US rock band, Hootie & the ....
    3. Expression of discontent; muttering under breath
    4. To do with towns or built-up areas, not rural
    5. Praiseworthy, commendable
    6. Arm of an octopus
    7. Old gold Spanish coin
    8. Dickens's papers
    9. Residents of the island of Catan in the board game
    10. The most abundant element
    11. Rare, highly prized food item
    12. What a person with dark brown hair is called
    13. Territory where the EU's currency is used
    14. Kakemono hanging spot in a Japanese living room
    15. Name given to the Asian part of Turkey
    16. A legally enforceable written or spoken agreement
    17. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams romance, The ....

    Puzzle 2

    1. Contact ...., removable vision correctors
    2. Colin, US Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005
    3. Turn milk
    4. Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of this country
    5. Han Solo's ship has this bird in its name
    6. The rabbit Walt Disney made before Mickey Mouse
    7. Deep vertical tunnels used by miners
    8. Fuzzy eyes that cannot see clearly
    9. Witch's magical concoction
    10. Online company that was almost named Relentless
    11. Close-fitting sleeveless jacket of the Middle Ages
    12. Protective hand coverings like mittens
    13. Marble Arch site of the King's Gallows
    14. Every 12 months
    15. Formal agreement between two or more states
    16. One who performs stories

    Puzzle 3

    1. Jeanette, author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
    2. Participant in a sporting competition
    3. Female vampiric ghost in Malay mythology
    4. Room or storage area in an attic
    5. Creepy doll in the Conjuring series
    6. Queen of Funk and Rufus vocalist
    7. Chinese revolutionary overthrew the regime in 1911
    8. Blockbuster game franchise developed by Mojang
    9. Holiday featuring stockings and gifts
    10. Philadelphia, City of .... Love

    Puzzle 4

    1. Decorated with relief patterns or lettering
    2. 2006 drama starring Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II
    3. .... Park, Small Faces psychedelic song
    4. A pirate might make you walk this as punishment
    5. US president assassinated by Leon Czolgosz
    6. Baleen whale with a knobbly head
    7. Worldwide police agency
    8. Hill or mountain in a desert, changes with winds
    9. Western phrase for midday when sun hits its peak
    10. Chain of restaurants whose logo is a red roof
    11. D&D gamers are doing this on a journey
    12. Type of pet the Stark kids had in Game of Thrones
    13. Style of chair that leans back
    14. Three babies born in a multiple birth
    15. Green caterpillar clown in A Bug's Life
    16. Chemical element Lu, named after the city of Paris
    17. Previous existence, former incarnation

    Puzzle 5

    1. A lizard, snake, crocodile or tortoise for example
    2. .... Lopukhina; first wife of Peter the Great
    3. Spice Girls' friendship theme song
    4. Oscar Wilde wrote about An Ideal one in 1895
    5. His law claims bad money drives out good
    6. Swinging circus bar
    7. Video game turned movie featuring large monsters
    8. Treats with compost or decaying leaves
    9. Moe, Larry, and Curly, on screen
    10. Apple's wireless earphones
    11. Unless you're a nudist, you wear these every day
    12. Preserved fish that Iberians call bacalao/bacalhau

    Group 979


    Puzzle 1

    1. Done to a hard drive prior to use
    2. Rick, Survivor: Edge of Extinction $100K winner
    3. Boxing weight division of 115-118 pounds
    4. US state that has a shoreline on the Beaufort Sea
    5. Sherrilyn, author of the Dark-Hunter series
    6. The cowgirl from the Toy Story franchise
    7. The Pygmy Marmoset is the smallest one on earth
    8. .... or later, love is gonna get ya
    9. A vassal lord of a shogun in feudal Japan
    10. Chocolate wafer with two or four fingers
    11. Finishes used on ceramics
    12. Higher education qualification
    13. The large muscles of the upper legs
    14. High-pitched piercing sound
    15. Especially soft wool fabric
    16. .... member; someone who pays subscription fees

    Puzzle 2

    1. Roof that slopes on all four sides
    2. Liquid-filled sore, e.g. where new shoes rub
    3. Capital of the Italian island of Sicily
    4. Personal financial holding or store at a bank
    5. Additional clause that modifies a will
    6. Thor's enchanted hammer
    7. Zoe, played Gamora, Neytiri and Uhura
    8. Samantha Bee comedy series Full ....
    9. Language spoken in both India and Pakistan
    10. A female spirit whose scream is an omen of death
    11. Court painter to Alexander the Great
    12. What clicks on a real camera
    13. Make narrower or more secure; restrict
    14. Remove part of a fish's skin
    15. Pillar of Islam known as the profession of faith
    16. His text Geography led medieval world mapping
    17. 1980s movie about the Profumo affair

    Puzzle 3

    1. Stiffening of a joint making it inflexible
    2. Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of openness
    3. Major court at the Roland Garros French Open
    4. Accessory to aid putting on tight-fitting footwear
    5. The art of making or designing clocks
    6. Monies a company pays to its retirees
    7. Collective term for Latin and Ancient Greek
    8. Giant amphibious reptile, the King of the Monsters
    9. A nocturnal tree-dwelling primate with large eyes
    10. Naturally! No problem!
    11. Disease caused by vitamin B1 deficiency
    12. Players group their cards to score 100 points
    13. Dessert of a scoop of ice cream topped with coffee
    14. Showing logic, making rational sense
    15. Person connected by birth or marriage
    16. The C in Washington, D.C.
    17. Poet who wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade"

    Puzzle 4

    1. .... name, somebody extremely famous, known by all
    2. Major tennis tournament, e.g. US or French Open
    3. Italian uplands that run along the length of Italy
    4. Netflix's series about Joe Exotic's feline empire
    5. Meat-seeking flying insects aka bluebottles
    6. Star Trek series about Spock's adopted sister
    7. Honi soit qui ...., French maxim and military motto
    8. Citations at the bottom of a page
    9. Tract by English philosopher John Stuart Mill
    10. He's called the Father of Modern Philosophy

    Puzzle 5

    1. Royal title now held by Prince Harry, Duke of ....
    2. The type of angel represented by a chubby child
    3. Apprehend a suspect and take them into custody
    4. Rivers of Babylon band
    5. 14-line poem
    6. Comedy imitation or take-off of a real life event
    7. Rose .... Bukater, Kate Winslet's Titanic character
    8. A baby boar
    9. Period in office
    10. Cutting machine popular with the Etsy set
    11. .... milk, powder used to make drinks
    12. Ache in the side when running
    13. Second-largest city in Bolivia, after Santa Cruz
    14. Quit one's job, stand aside from a position
    15. Nun's headgear

    Group 980


    Puzzle 1

    1. Tune to accompany a sailor's dance
    2. She and Rock Hudson made Pillow Talk
    3. Hearing membranes that vibrate with sound
    4. 1950s perfume started as a bath oil
    5. Parasol-shaped garnish of paper on a toothpick
    6. Fourth brightest star in the night sky
    7. Tension, animosity between two people
    8. Half of a just-married couple
    9. Indian sacred city on the Ganges
    10. Periodical instalment collected to create a volume
    11. Country to which Przewalski's horse is native
    12. To enter a candidate in a political race
    13. Ancient language of South Asia
    14. Kim who played Samantha in Sex and the City
    15. Paper record of bank account transactions
    16. Exams to test martial arts skills and knowledge
    17. Typical pear used in brandy and liqueur
    18. Small New Zealand lizard
    19. Having a high temperature

    Puzzle 2

    1. Lance Reddick's character on The Wire
    2. Empty space with no matter
    3. Harold II's brother who died at Stamford Bridge
    4. Playwright of the Threepenny Opera
    5. John, singer husband of model Chrissy Teigen
    6. Woven material used for patio furniture
    7. Funnies in the newspaper
    8. Billy, US TV and stadium evangelist
    9. Slang for heads, rhymes with sconces
    10. In golf, a cross between a wood and an iron club
    11. Family of baddies in Pete's Dragon movie
    12. Someone's purpose in doing something
    13. Cooked duck or goose meat preserved in fat
    14. Coiled serpent in Hindu creation story
    15. Female cow that hasn't had a calf
    16. The northernmost region of the Earth
    17. .... Agreement, infamous pact of 1938 prior to WW2
    18. Penny ....; what Aiken Drum's buttons were made from
    19. The white outer layer of the eyeball

    Puzzle 3

    1. The odds of being dealt this in poker are 693 to 1
    2. This happens when you throw a clock out of a window
    3. Musicians who play pipe instruments in churches
    4. Above-ground tomb built for a ruler
    5. Combination of O2 with other chemicals
    6. An exclusive meat eater, like a lion or wolf
    7. Upright posts supporting a staircase's handrail
    8. Subfamily of Uralic languages spoken in Siberia
    9. Battle of the Charge of the Light Brigade
    10. Fay Wray's character kidnapped by King Kong
    11. Mysterious, puzzling

    Puzzle 4

    1. Resembling or consisting of bone
    2. Discharge as waste
    3. With sides and angles that are equal
    4. 1982 film in which Dustin Hoffman dresses in drag
    5. Viewpoint on life; Microsoft email program
    6. Alcoholic spirit from the blue agave plant
    7. French cave paintings of horses from prehistory
    8. The Ramones want to be this
    9. American butterfly known for its migration
    10. She was played by Rue McClanahan on Golden Girls
    11. Nintendo series starring a foxy spacefarer
    12. Stealthy trespasser
    13. Old word for a kitchen on a ship's deck

    Puzzle 5

    1. Land-owning class of society
    2. Digital naming system, web address
    3. Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat owner
    4. Mantis ...., powerful multi-colored aquatic creature
    5. Ackles who played Dean on Supernatural
    6. Spiced festive drink once also known as milk punch
    7. Most common lava rock, makes up the ocean floor
    8. Import or export tax
    9. A small official seal for legal documents
    10. Archaic way of telling someone to go away
    11. Eight pints
    12. Musical term for smoothly-played notes
    13. Twelve-legged feline in My Neighbor Totoro
    14. Precious metal marking a 25th anniversary
    15. Jack be ...., Jack be quick
    16. Followed the rules