SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No 324
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 1. Which song recently became the most viewed
video ever on YouTube? (9) 8. Who sings I Will Survive? (6) 9. Type of antelope. (6) 10. Name for the rough grape juice produced before
it is converted into wine. (4) 12. Initials which precede Wormwood Scrubs,
Pentonville, etc. (1,1,1) 13. Who played Kate Winslet’s fiance in Titanic? (4) 16. George Best played for Cork ______. (6) 17. Who is the president of Venezuela? (6) 18. ____ of the Apostles: fifth book of the New
Testament. (4) 21. Which body operates Dublin Airport? (1,1,1) 22. Wife of Zeus and goddess of marriage. (4) 24. Antichrist child in The Omen. (6) 25. Norman ______ is the author who wrote The Naked & the Dead.(6) 26. South African athlete currently serving a sixyear sentence for murder. (9) DOWN: 2. Young’s business partner. (5) 3. A _______ victory is won at such great cost to
the victor that it is tantamount to a defeat. (7) 4. Who is the subject of The Naked Civil Servant
and An Englishman in New York? (5) 5. Irish company or birthstone for November. (5) 6. On which island is Honolulu? (4) 7. Brides ____ is the southern terminus of the Luas
Green Line. (4) 10. Type of coffee which gets its name from a port
on the Red Sea. (5) 11. Croatia’s second city. (5) 14. “Funny how? I mean, funny like I’m a clown?
I _____ you?”, Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. (5) 15. Virus which hit west Africa in 2014. (5) 17. Alternative name for Burma. (7) 19. N’Djamena is the capital of which country? (4) 20. Blade Runner is an example of what genre? (3,2) 21. Kirsten _____: star of Spider-Man and The Virgin
Suicides. (5) 22. Type of Japanese poem with just 17 syllables. (5) 23. Thin strip used as a mouthpiece with woodwind
instruments. (4) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 323 ACROSS: 6. Walkie Talkie. 8. Leveret. 9. Vista. 10. Suns. 12. Mr Benn. 14. Hamas. 15. Roadie. 16. Shia. 19. Epsom. 21. Marconi. 22. Orienteering. DOWN: 1. Slovenia. 2. Tiara. 3. State. 4. Oliver’s. 5. Nits. 6. Wall Street. 7. Mainwaring. 11. UAE. 12. May. 13. Ethiopia. 14. Himmler. 17. Empty. 18. Oriel. 20. Siri. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 323 Pat & Mary Byrne, Rathcoole, Co Dublin Olive Blake, Rockville, Co Clare Helen Barry, Castlemaine, Co Kerry Post your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 324, 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