SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No304

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

ACROSS: 4. Novak Djokovic is one. (4) 6. Who mistakenly announced La La Land as Best

Picture winner at February’s Oscars? (7) 8. In the Cary Grant/Katharine Hepburn film

Bringing Up Baby, what is Baby? (7) 9. What do North Americans call a banknote? (4) 10. The eruption of which volcanic island in 1883 is believed to have been the loudest noise heard in modern history? (8) 13. Jacques ____: influential Belgian singer of

Amsterdam and Ne Me Quitte Pas. (4) 14. “As I was going to St. ____ ...”. (4) 15. LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders play in which

league? (1,1,1) 17. Europe’s largest bank. (1,1,1,1) 19. “Every ____ and cranny”. (4) 20. US senator who had a major role in negotiations

which led to the Good Friday Agreement. (8) 22. Co-host of TV3’s Six O’Clock Show. (4) 24. Soft Italian cheese. (7) 26. What is the capital of Lithuania? (7) 27. What do you call a squirrel’s nest? (4)

DOWN: 1. What is the highest mountain in Japan? (4) 2. Bob Marley’s group. (7) 3. Who sings Total Eclipse of the Heart? (5) 4. BBC spy drama which ran for ten years. (6) 5. Who plays the father in The Butcher Boy? (3) 7. _______ Australia Fair: famous anthem. (7) 10. National airline of the Netherlands. (1,1,1) 11. President of the European Council. (4) 12. Appointed Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign

Affairs when Enda Kenny became Taoiseach. (7) 13. Ireland captain for the 2017 Six Nations. (4) 16. On which TV show would you see Alec Baldwin

impersonating Donald Trump? (1,1,1) 17. Which English actor starred in The Long Good

Friday and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (7) 18. Which northern English seaside town is the

scene of several events in Dracula? (6) 21. What does the L in AWOL stand for? (5) 23. Pont ____ is the oldest bridge in Paris. (4) 25. Emergency procedure to revive and maintain

breathing/circulation. (1,1,1)

Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 303 ACROSS: 1. Steinbeck. 8. Putsch. 9. Duvall. 10. Deer. 12. Any. 13. Seth. 16. Bacall. 17. Jenner. 18. IMDb. 21. Bán. 22. Joey. 24. Divide. 25. Kinder 26. Henderson. DOWN: 2. Taser. 3. Ishmael. 4. Biddy. 5. Caves. 6. Jute. 7. Glut. 10. Dubai. 11. El Cid. 13. Ennio. 15. Harry. 17. Juncker. 19. Maid. 20. Baize. 21. Bread. 22. Jonjo. 23. Eden.

Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 303 n Johnnie McCafferty, Letterkenny, Co Donegal n Katie Keaveney, Ballina, Co Mayo n Coleman Flaherty, Rathgar, Dublin 6

Post your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 304, 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) 705-5333