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The birds raise a wild chorus of crazy laughter just as dawn breaks, that is why in the hinterlands of Australia they ________ as the ‘bushman’s clock.’ (KNOW)

Australians value the Kookaburra, not only as an intriguing member of the strange fauna, but for ________ habit of feeding on snakes and lizards. (IT)

The University of Paris, known as the Sorbonne, was the leading university in Paris from 1150 to 1970. ________ around 1150, it is considered the second-oldest university in Europe. (EMERGE)

Despite the rising reputation of Oxford, the most ambitious of the English students continued to receive their education in the University of Paris during the whole of the ________ century. (TWELVE)

Many ________ were constantly found among the students at this great university, where they formed one of the four nations into which the members of the university were divided. (ENGLISHMAN)

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Crossword puzzles are the most popular and widespread word game in the world. However, their history is ________ short. (REAL)

They were created in the 19th century in England, but the ________ of the first published crossword puzzle took place in 1913 in a Sunday newspaper in New York. (APPEAR)

The author of the puzzle was Arthur Wynne, a ________ from Liverpool. (JOURNAL)

During the early 1920s other newspapers picked up the ________ discovered pastime and within a decade crossword puzzles were featured in almost all American newspapers. (NEW)

In 1924 the first collection of puzzles was printed in book form and they immediately gained ________. (POPULAR)