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Humour

A new crossword

The crossword is back! The previous Signpost crossword can be found here. The answers to previous crosswords can be found at the following link – thank you all for playing!

We have a new crossword for this month – once more, all of the answers have something to do with Wikipedia, though the clues may seem unrelated.

This month's answers are taken from Wikipedia's Featured Articles – every correct answer will be the verbatim title of one of the articles listed on that page. (Parenthetical descriptors excluded.)

You can play the crossword online at this link (recommended) or manually by printing out the image and clues below. Enjoy! Hints may be given in the comments, so scroll cautiously.

Across

4. French v. Berber

5. Thickened with okra, filé, or roux

7. Horse with a budget airline named in his honor

8. Can be spiral, elliptical, or irregular

10. Capital of Sikkim

11. Brassica of kraut and cole

12. From Stoker to Meyer

15. Let us cultivate our gardens

16. Born Thelma Ryan

17. DJ, turn it up, mate!

Down

1. Nippon

2. Welsh fortified river crossing

3. Chinese polymath of the Han dynasty

6. They can open doors!

9. Wife of Gautama Maharishi

13. Her symbol is a mirror

14. Two cues, one baize

17. Luminous spheroid of plasma

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29 May 2022 (all comments)

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An interesting way to select words. Knowledge of spoiler: Wikipedia tools, H:INCAT in particular is required to solve all the clues efficiently. —⁠andrybak (talk) 20:35, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Now this is a hard, hard one. I could get just 2 without using google 🤭 – SD0001 (talk) 11:37, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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