SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No306
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 1. Irish expression, usually translated as “take it
easy”. (3,2,3,1) 8. Written by Jimmy MacCarthy but made famous
by Christy Moore. (4,2) 9. ___ ___ Arthur: 2017 Grand National winner.(3,3) 10. Nickname for the FBI. (4) 12. Type of party exclusively for women. (3) 13. The New Zealand basketball team are nicknamed
the ____ Blacks. (4) 16. In which prison did Johnny Cash record his first
live album? (6) 17. What is the capital of Albania? (6) 18. What do you call the outer shell of a seed? (4) 21. What do you call a female swan? (3) 22. What is Cologne called in German? (4) 24. Candidate of the centrist En Marche party in
today’s French presidential election. (6) 25. Roosevelt famously called the attack on Pearl
Harbour “a date which will live in ______”. (6) 26. Main character in The Three Musketeers. (9) DOWN: 2. Referee of today’s Clermont v Leinster clash. (5) 3. Which pattern features on the dress worn by
Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz? (7) 4. Europe captain in next year’s Ryder Cup. (5) 5. Newport _____ Dragons: Pro12 team. (5) 6. “The devil can ____ Scripture for his purpose”, Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice. (4)
7. University Challenge began as a version of US quiz show College ____. (4) 10. On which New York avenue is Trump Tower? (5) 11. The Yorkshire _____: one of England’s largest
national parks. (5) 14. Which Texan fort was the scene of a famous
battle in 1836? (5) 15. “Irish poets, _____ your trade”, WB Yeats. (5) 17. Who conquered Everest with Edmund Hillary? (7) 19. US state home to the Sundance Film Festival. (4) 20. Popular mild curry. (5) 21. _____ Noir: grape synonymous with Burgundy.(5) 22. Prague-born author of The Metamorphosis. (5) 23. On which street is Liverpool’s oldest and largest
railway station? (4) Solutions to Quizword No 305 ACROSS: 1. Chile. 4. Peckham. 7. Clove. 8. Slane. 9. Bait. 10. Cymru. 13. Aertel. 16. Ciotóg. 19. Paste. 22. Tofu. 23. Sugar. 24. Paddy. 25. Jackson. 26. Vinyl. DOWN: 2. Holly. 3. Lavery. 4. Pixar. 5. Costner. 6. Anna. 10. Czech. 11. Nth. 12. Glaze. 14. Cox. 15. Contras. 17. Malawi. 18. Afton. 20. Today. 21. Zuma. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 305 Monica Gray, Summerhill, Co Meath Michael Keaveney, Castlerea, Co Roscommon Killian Braiden, Cabra, Dublin 7 Post your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 306, 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