SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No340

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

ACROSS:

1. Ronan O’Gara is to join which New Zealand rugby club? (9) 8. The Ganges flows into the Bay of ______. (6) 9. Which is the smallest type of ape? (6) 10. Google’s app store. (4) 12. Obligatory automobile check-up. (1,1,1) 13. Which group had a number one hit with China In Your Hand? (4) 16. Star of Angel Heart and The Wrestler. (6) 17. ______ Mac Grianna recently announced he is

leaving RTE in March. (6) 18. Style of jazz singing which uses improvised

sounds rather than actual words. (4) 21. The ___ Wells: Lisdoonvarna attraction. (3) 22. Government body which advises people on

financial affairs. (4) 24. Lech Walesa Airport serves which city? (6) 25. Transparent outer layer of the eye. (6) 26. Who plays the title role in the Thor films? (9)

DOWN:

2. Which school did William Webb Ellis attend? (5) 3. The _______ Breakers: Time magazine’s Person

of the Year for 2017. (7) 4. A finger or toe. (5) 5. What is the capital of Morocco? (5) 6. Calf meat. (4) 7. & 10. Civil rights campaigner famous for refusing

to give up her bus seat in 1955. (4,5) 11. What is the capital of Nigeria? (5) 14. Bought for €105m in 2016, who is the English

Premier League’s most expensive player? (5) 15. Polish tractor manufacturer; Latin for “bear”. (5) 17. Napoleon Bonaparte Airport serves

which city? (7) 19. What do you call the final part of a musical

composition? (4) 20. Past Continuous, for example. (5) 21. Bill _____: principal villain in Oliver Twist. (5) 22. Which word indicates a mark between 55pc and

75pc in Junior Cert English? (5) 23. Joan ____: veteran folk singer, associated with

Bob Dylan. (4)

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