SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No260
We are offering a €50 book token to three lucky Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 1. Whose corn is stolen in The Fields of Athenry? (9) 8. Who came third behind Messi and Ronaldo in the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or rankings? (6) 9. Landmark rock seven miles off the Wexford coast. (6) 10. Tennis matches are divided into ____. (4) 12. “Did I disappoint you? Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?” — name the U2 song. (3) 13. What was John Wayne’s nickname? (4) 16. Who is the reigning monarch of Monaco? (6) 17. Which company’s logo consists of three tuning forks? (6) 18. This character in the Star Wars films uses an unusual speech pattern. (4) 21. America’s oldest TV news channel. (1,1,1) 22. The Gunpowder ____ aimed to blow up the House of Lords (4) 24. England manager sacked in 1999 after making controversial comments about the disabled. (6) 25. Eurovision winner 1944 is about the deportation from Crimea of some 200,000 ______. (6) 26. Name for Irish soldiers who served in continental European armies from the 17th Century. (4,5) DOWN: 2. One of Rome’s twin founders. (5) 3. Which state does Bernie Sanders represent in the US Senate? (7) 4. Coffee drink which takes its name from the Italian for milk. (5) 5. President of Syria. (5) 6. He played Billy Flynn in the 2002 film Chicago.(4) 7. What kind of shop sells equestrian supplies? (4) 10. Mel B was nicknamed _____ Spice. (5) 11. Samuel Pepys typically finished his diary entries with the phrase “And so __ ___”. (2,3) 14. “I’m __ ___ night to get lucky”, Daft Punk. (2,3) 15. Verb which describes the process of turning a bill into law. (5) 17. After the Nile and the Amazon, what is the longest river in the world? (7) 19. The “laying __ __ hands” forms part of the ceremony of Confirmation. (2,2) 20. “High King” in Irish. (3,2) 21. Who is the new Minister for Agriculture? (5) 22. _____ to Freedom was an RTE “mockumentary” featuring Rats and Jeremy. (5) 23. ____ Fianna Fail is the party’s youth wing. (4) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 259 ACROSS: 1. Ross. 6. Melania. 8. Rainier. 9. Ward. 10. Cyrillic. 13. Stew. 14. Pine. 15. Tuc. 17. Cole. 19. Boot. 20. Top Brass. 22. Bali. 24. Fiennes. 26. Axl Rose. DOWN: 1. Peta. 2. Mandate. 3. Darcy. 4. Róisín. 5. Ski. 7. Fricker. 10. Cwt. 11. Loot. 12. Spotify. 13. Snap. 16. CBS. 17. Colbert. 18. French. 21. Susan. 23. Lusk. 25. Ewe. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 259 Betty Ryan, Raheen Heights, Limerick Mary Wallace, Enfield, Co Meath Marion Meyer, Glengormley, Co Antrim POST your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 260, Sunday Independent, 27-32 Talbot Street, Dublin D01 X2E1, to arrive by Thursday morning next. Faxes are unacceptable. Prizes will be awarded to the first three all-correct entries opened. Please allow up to six weeks for receipt of your prize, and would entrants also remember to include a phone number with their address, simply as an extra aid to contacting winners. If you are a winner and have any queries in relation to your prize, please ring our dedicated hotline on: (01) 705-5161