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◆ · By Lloyd · Published 2021-05-19T10:37:01.825Z · Crosshare's Daily Mini for 6/26/2021

So many good facts about TONGA: it's been ruled only by kings called Tupou since 1845; King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV holds the record for the world's heaviest monarch (210kg / 460lbs); it's the only Pacific Island not to be colonised; it consists of 169 islands (nice); Paea Wolfgramm won the nation's only Olympic medal (1996, silver, super heavyweight boxing); they have the second-highest levels of obesity (second to Nauru only by 0.6%); in addition to its regular base-10 number system, there are at least four additional and independent number systems, depending on what is being counted (e.g. yams, fish, coconut, sugar cane). Amazing!
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  • Mike D 1:58 · 2021-05-19T12:06:53.999Z
    Loved learning all of these TONGA facts! I was just about to ask you to explain NOTCH for me but I finally got it 😂😂
    • Lloyd constructor · 2021-05-21T16:34:49.434Z
      Thanks! I always try to get some interesting facts in my clues. I settled on the capital because, well, isn't that a great name?! I had trouble clueing NOTCH in this way. I was determined, but everything I came up with was unoriginal. Glad it was parsable.
    • JM 1:20 · 2021-06-26T08:03:03.572Z
      3D: half of a salad serving device?
      • Mike D 1:58 · 2021-06-26T12:47:33.496Z
        😂
        • Lloyd constructor · 2021-06-28T16:27:25.704Z
          🙌 Love it. And surely a "(var.)" fixes everything, right?
        • Phil The 5:42 · 2022-07-18T16:57:13.936Z
          👍
          Play the previous daily mini crossword
          1A
          Intensifying unit, for kicking upwards
          1
          2
          3
          4
          5
          6
          7
          8
          9
          Across
          1. 1A
            Intensifying unit, for kicking upwards
          2. 6A
            Sherlock Holmes' teenage sister
          3. 7A
            Diminishes
          4. 8A
            Probe
          5. 9A
            Use a soapbox, for instance
          Down
          1. 1D
            Stylist's creation
          2. 2D
            Studio warning
          3. 3D
            Fiji neighbour with the capital Nuku'alofa
          4. 4D
            Traction aid
          5. 5D
            It makes waste, they say
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