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Here are today's offerings. I knew four of the answers.

9 Kelpie; morgen; naiad; nixie; shuimu?
10 1 (1); 2 (2); 3 (6); 4 (24); 5 (120); 6 (720); 7 (5040)?
11 Melissa; Deborah; Albus Dumbledore?
12 Thorburn; Doherty; Robertson; Brecel?
13 King Croesus; Marcus Crassus; John D Rockefeller?
14 Ballet Shoes; Blithe Spirit; Live Forever; The Supervet?
15 Nobel peace prize, 1966-67; Turner prize, 1990; Wodehouse prize, 2018?
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9 Kelpie; morgen; naiad; nixie; shuimu?
Kelpies, naiads and nixies are all mythological/fairy tale creatures associated with water.

11 Melissa; Deborah; Albus Dumbledore?
Melissa and Dumbledore both mean bees (or honey)

14 Ballet Shoes; Blithe Spirit; Live Forever; The Supervet?
Ballet Shoes: Noel Streatfeild
Blithe Spirit: Noel Coward
Live Forever: Noel Gallagher
The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick
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10 factorials
1 * 2 * 3 *4 * 5 etc
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12 Thorburn; Doherty; Robertson; Brecel?
These are all snooker players, non-UK world champions? (Canada, Ireland, Australia, Belgium)
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And so on to the answers. Daisy did very well here but everybody contributed to the Gang's 5/7 so well done all. I knew the answers to #9, #10, #12 and #13.

9 Water spirits: Scottish; Welsh; Greek; German; Chinese.
10 Factorials (eg 6! = 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1).
11 Named after bees: in Greek; in Hebrew; in Harry Potter.
12 Non-UK world snooker champions.
13 Proverbially rich people.
14 Noels: book by Noel Streatfeild; play by Noël Coward; song by Noel Gallagher; TV series with Noel Fitzpatrick.
15 Annual prizes that weren’t awarded.
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