SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No262

We are offering a €50 book token to three lucky Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy

ACROSS: 7. Which legendary RTE broadcaster commentated on some 100 All-Ireland finals in his lifetime? (7,6) 8. In the Father Ted Christmas special, Fr. Todd

________ tries to steal the Golden Cleric. (8) 9. Major Killarney venue. (1,1,1,1) 10. Clark Kent, aka Superman, works as a reporter

for the Daily ______. (6) 12. Which record label’s HQ was nicknamed Hitsville

USA? (6) 14. Donald Sutherland’s actor son. (6) 16. You meet the ______ people on a Honda: vintage

advertising slogan. (6) 18. ____ Khan: English boxer. (4) 20. What is the largest island in the Irish Sea? (8) 22. Who is the youngest member of Ireland’s Euro

2016 squad? (5,8) DOWN: 1. Which film director married Judy Garland? (8) 2. Small independent country in the Himalayas. (6) 3. -273.15°C = absolute ____. (4) 4. WB Yeats’ epitaph: “Cast a cold eye on life, on

death. ________, pass by”. (8) 5. Lleyton ______ won the 2002 Wimbledon Men’s

Singles title. (6) 6. Scafell ____ is the highest mountain in England.

(4) 11. Which Scot captained Europe to the Ryder Cup

in 2002? (8) 13. Named after a flowering plant, TV’s Desperate

Housewives live on ________ Lane. (8) 15. Which river flows through Ennis? (6) 17. What is Imokilly Regato, one of the few Irish products on the EU’s Protected Designation of Origin list? (6) 19. What is the first name of the singer of Clannad?

(4) 21. The World According to ____: John Irving novel filmed with Robin Williams in the title role. (4) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 261 ACROSS: 4. Nice. 6. Zappone. 8. Scrooge. 9. Gnat. 10. Marianne. 13. Giro. 14. Horn. 15. TDs. 17. GMIT. 19. Hera. 20. Sundance. 22. Nose. 24. Hepburn. 26. De Beers. 27. Spur. DOWN: 1. Vain. 2. Epstein. 3. Tesla. 4. Norris. 5. CSO. 7. Regent’s. 10. MOT. 11. Nama. 12. Who’s Who. 13. Grin. 16. She. 17. Granger. 18. Jaguar. 21. Candy. 23. Sark. 25. Pip. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 261 Jacinta O’Riordan, Glanmire, Co Cork Catherine O’Neill, Fairview, Dublin 3 Margaret Mannion, Templeogue, Dublin 14