SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

QUIZWORD No268

ACROSS:

1. The opening scenes of RTE’s 1916 drama Rebellion featured a production of which musical? (3,6) 8. Largest of Dublin’s four administrative areas. (6) 9. What was Mussolini’s “title”? (2,4) 10. Patellofemoral pain syndrome = runner’s ____.(4) 12. What kind of animal is muppet Rizzo? (3) 13. A ____: popular term of endearment in Irish. (4) 16. ______ Caulfield is the central character in The

Catcher in the Rye. (6) 17. Term in the Harry Potter books for a person with

no background or ability in magic. (6) 18. Name of Kate Winslet’s character in Titanic. (4) 21. What the P stands for in RPM/MPG/PPV. (3) 22. Which 80s boy band sang When Will I Be

Famous? (4) 24. The Large ______ Collider near Geneva is the

biggest machine in the world. (6) 25. Dublin’s East-Link Toll Bridge was recently

renamed in whose honour? (6) 26. Smartphone app and current global craze. (7,2)

DOWN:

2. John Major’s successor as Conservative leader. (5) 3. Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso drive for

which Formula One team? (7) 4. Austrian artist known for The Kiss. (5) 5. Who is the Deputy Leader of the DUP? (5) 6. Gael ____: Irish language body based in Armagh

and Dublin. (4) 7. Which character in Greek mythology could only

repeat the final words of others? (4) 10. Who did Henry Shefflin overtake in 2010 to become hurling’s all-time top championship points scorer? (5) 11. South Africa won the 1995 Rugby World Cup at

_____ Park. (5) 14. What kind of kidnapping involves the victim

being held in order to facilitate a robbery? (5) 15. Celebrity Jigs ‘n’ _____: RTE show of 2006. (5) 17. The Polisario Front is in conflict with which

country? (7) 19. First name of actor who played Dr Zhivago. (4) 20. ___ __ The Ground: RTE rural affairs programme. (3,2) 21. Donald Trump’s running mate. (5) 22. South Bank Show host for over 30 years. (5) 23. One of British racing’s five Classics. (4)