SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No348
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 1. Irish singer-songwriter of The Island fame. (4,5) 8. Kilkenny is known as “the _____ City”. (6) 9. Ireland’s only cable car connects the Beara Peninsula with which island? (6) 10. Whose Believe was a worldwide hit in 1999? (4) 12. Which racecourse hosts the Scottish Grand
National? (3) 13. Famous newspaper which closed in 2011. (1,1,1,1) 16. Stephen Fry’s comedy partner. (6) 17. Sang Christmas no 1 When a Child is Born. (6) 18. The Anglo-____: Cavan newspaper. (4) 21. Anti-nuclear weapons organisation. (1,1,1) 22. Dundalk qualified for the Europa League group
stages in 2016 by defeating ____ Borisov. (4) 24. Who played the title role in Guy Ritchie’s
Sherlock Holmes films? (6) 25. Which river forms the Texas/Mexico border?(6) 26. Which Spanish city will be served by a direct
ferry link to Cork from April? (9) DOWN: 2. _____ Rudd is the UK Home Secretary. (5) 3. Complete the title of Martin McDonagh’s first
play: The Beauty Queen of _______. (7) 4. List of requirements sent by artists to venues. (5) 5. Which 1960s singer did Kevin Spacey play in
biopic Beyond the Sea? (5) 6. How do you say “hand” in Irish? (4) 7. Scrapings from the outer skin of citrus fruits. (4) 10. Who did Roger Federer defeat last month to win
the Australian Open? (5) 11. “All animals are _____ but some animals are
more _____ than others”, Animal Farm. (5) 14. Surname of Kerry legend “Jacko”. (5) 15. “I think you’re the same as me — __ ___ things
they’ll never see”, Oasis. (2,3) 17. Minister for Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht. (7) 19. First name of entrepreneur/inventor Musk. (4) 20. I, ____: recently nominated for three Oscars. (5) 21. What do you call a vault beneath a church? (5) 22. U2 took the names of their last two albums from
works by which poet? (5) 23. Labour’s jump to 33 seats in the 1992 General
Election was nicknamed the “Spring ____”. (4) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 347 ACROSS: 6. The Karate Kid. 8. McMahon. 9. Luxor. 10. Evil. 12. Geldof. 14. Kayak. 15. Lehman. 16. See I. 19. Kabul. 21. Blessed. 22. Artful Dodger. DOWN: 1. Heimlich. 2. Yacht. 3. Manna. 4. Belleek. 5. Jinx. 6. Timberlake. 7. Gryffindor. 11. Pan. 12. Gap. 13. Dressage. 14. Karloff. 17. Ebola. 18. Le Bon. 20. Bird.