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History Man Published in 1975

1. The document is a crossword puzzle titled "Polymath 1,004 Set by Sleuth" containing clues and answers across and down. 2. It announces that the first correct entry drawn on Wednesday January 23rd will win a copy of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and provides instructions on where to mail entries. 3. An additional note provides more information about Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, describing it as taking the reader on an adventure through language, culture, myth and legend, and containing additional facts from Brewer's past collections.

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History Man Published in 1975

1. The document is a crossword puzzle titled "Polymath 1,004 Set by Sleuth" containing clues and answers across and down. 2. It announces that the first correct entry drawn on Wednesday January 23rd will win a copy of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and provides instructions on where to mail entries. 3. An additional note provides more information about Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, describing it as taking the reader on an adventure through language, culture, myth and legend, and containing additional facts from Brewer's past collections.

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Polymath 1,004 Set by Sleuth

ACROSS DOWN         
1 American engineer and 1 Malcolm, who wrote The
futurist who developed the History Man published in 1975
geodesic dome (11,6) (8)  
10 French city on the Camargue 2 A unit of heat used to express
plain where Vincent Van Gogh the energy value of food (7)
lived (5) 3 A bed of edible shellfish (6-5)
 
11 English Quaker leader and 4 Upright post at the end of a
colonist (1644-1718) (7,4) stair handrail (5)
12 Sir William, Scottish shipping 5 The desire to cut a successful
magnate who gave his name person down to size (4,5,8)    
to Glasgow’s art collection (7) 6 Indian dish of chopped
13 Mournful (9) cucumber in yoghurt (5)
14 Rawhide thongs (5) 7 A swampy pine forest (5) 
15 Small reddish-brown bat (11) 8 American photographer who
18 American lyricist who was married to the surrealist  

collaborated with the artist Roland Penrose (3,6)   


composer Frederick Loewe on 9 A brief form of French poetry
the Broadway musicals My Fair (8)
Lady and Camelot (4,3,6) 15 A ritual in honour of the gods
   
21 He composed the oratorio The in Hinduism (5)
Creation first performed in 16 Rick, English chef and
1798 (6,5) restaurateur (5)
22 A deputy for a doctor (5) 17 French tennis player and  
24 A white soluble crystalline businessman nicknamed “’The
solid used as fireproofing Crocodile” (4,7)
material and a mild antiseptic 18 Genre of fictional narrative 
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27 Walter, English painter and characters in situations where
printmaker who was a member they cannot find any inherent Solution Polymath 1,002
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Address................................................................................................................ winner’s name on January 26.
.................................................................................................................................. Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable takes you on an adventure
................................................................................................................................... through language, culture, myth and legend. Edited by Susie Dent, this
.................................................................................................................................. edition contains a supplement of Brewer’s Gems – facts, fables and
.................................................................................................................................. curiosities from Brewer collections of the past.
www.chambers.co.uk/brewers.php

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