SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No277
We are offering a €50 book token to three lucky Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS:
1. Which 1942 battle did Churchill call “the end of the beginning” of World War II? (2,7) 8. Regular host of RTE Radio 1’s Drivetime. (6) 9. Won three of the last four Tours de France. (6) 10. Who plays the current landlord of the Queen Vic in East Enders? (4) 12. Who sings Hold Back the River? (3) 13. On which river is Florence built? (4) 16. Which one of Take That is the group’s main songwriter? (6) 17. What was the name given to the German republic between 1919 and 1933? (6) 18. 15-digit number unique to every mobile phone. (1,1,1,1) 21. Which Greek God is half-man half-goat? (3) 22. Offa’s ____ runs along the border between England and Wales. (4) 24. Still in prison for orchestrating a series of gruesome murders in California in 1969. (6) 25. Which 2001 film made Audrey Tautou a star?(6) 26. Whose tweet from the Academy Awards in March 2014 is the most retweeted ever? (9)
DOWN:
2. Debit card formerly used by Irish banks. (5) 3. Which weapon proved decisive at the Battle of Agincourt? (7) 4. Rabbit created by Dutch artist Dick Bruna. (5) 5. Racetrack where Ayrton Senna lost his life. (5) 6. Sardines, mackerel, anchovies etc are classified as ____ fish. (4) 7. Slang for an FBI agent, was also used for some members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. (1,3) 10. Where is Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building? (5) 11. What do you call an eagle’s nest? (5) 14. Popular card game. (5) 15. A Pocket Full __ ___: Agatha Christie novel. (2,3) 17. The Spice Girls’ first hit. (7) 19. ____ Cross: Connemara landmark. (4) 20. The Big _____: UK magazine founded to help the homeless. (5) 21. Cylinder-shaped pasta. (5) 22. John _____ farm machinery has traditionally been painted green and yellow. (5) 23. A tightly interlocked family or community is often described as “close-___”. (4)
Solution to Sunday Independent Quizword 276
ACROSS: 1. Churchill. 8. Taiwan. 9. Yellow. 10. Weah. 12. Elk. 13. Yurt. 16. At Mass. 17. Kendal. 18. Fado. 21. Wee. 22. T Rex. 24. Rachel. 25. Staten. 26. Hazeltine. DOWN: 2. Howth. 3. Rangers. 4. Hayek. 5. Lally. 6. Jane. 7. Moor. 10. Wharf. 11. As Mad. 14. Udder. 15. Telex. 17. Knesset. 19. Ajar. 20. O’Shea. 21. Wolfe. 22. Twain. 23. Exes.
Winners of Sunday Independent
Quizword No 276 Steve Clohessy, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 Dan Hourigan, Bandon, Co Cork Mary duffy, Brendans Park, Dublin 5