Fish and Chips: fill in the gaps.

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FISH AND CHIPS:

"Fish and chips" is deep-fried fish in with deep-fried potatoes, and a popular take- food. Fish and chips is originally from the United Kingdom, but also very popular in , Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and some coastal towns of the Netherlands and Norway; and also increasingly so in the United States and elsewhere. For decades it was the dominant (if not the only) take-away food in the United Kingdom.

The potatoes are called in British and international usage; and while American English calls them , the combination is still called "fish and chips". (Potato chips, an American innovation, are a different potato-derived food, and are known as in the United Kingdom.)

Fish and chips have separately been for many years – though the potato was not introduced to Europe until the 17th century. The originally Sephardi dish Pescado frito, or deep-fried fish, came to Netherlands and England with the and Jews in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The dish became popular in more widespread circles in London and the south-east in the middle of the 19th century (Charles Dickens mentions a "fried fish warehouse" in Oliver Twist) whilst in the north of England a trade in deep-fried "chipped" potatoes developed.

It is unclear when and where these two trades were merged to become the fish and chip shop we know today. The first combined fish and chip shop was probably the one opened in London by Joseph Malin in 1860.

During World War II, fish and chips were one of the few foods that were not rationed in the UK.

Films and Fiction Crosswords

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Across: 1. The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction 4. A person who writes the script for a film, including instructions for sets and camera work. 7. Any public notice, as a printed display in a newspaper, short film on television, announcement on radio, etc, designed to sell goods, publicize an event, etc. 8. Humour or comic style: the comedy of Chaplin 9. A person who operates a film or television camera 11. A room used to record television or radio programmes, make films, etc. 12. A literary genre that makes imaginative use of scientific knowledge or conjecture. 14. The lines spoken by a character in a film or a play.

Down: 1. A factual film or television programme about an event, person, etc, presenting the facts with little or no fiction. 2. A situation or sequence of events that is highly emotional, tragic, or turbulent. 3. A lavish film, show, novel, etc, that proves to be an outstanding popular success. 5. A woman who acts in a play, film, broadcast, etc. 6. The scenery and other props used in and identifying the location of a stage or television production, film, etc. 10. A play or film, usually having a light romantic story, that consists of dialogue interspersed with singing and dancing. 13. A sequence of images of moving objects photographed by a camera and providing the optical illusion of continuous movement when projected onto a screen.