SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No352

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

4. What was the capital of West Germany? (4)

6. Cup recently won by Manchester City. (7)

8. Pythagoras had a famous _______ about right-angled triangles. (7)

9. In which town is St Colman’s Cathedral? (4)

10. ________ Boatclub is a Rubberbandit. (8)

13. Joan ____: one of Spain’s greatest artists. (4)

14. First name of Kerry GAA star “the Bomber”. (4)

15. Panda.org is the website of the ___. (1,1,1)

17. Large container used to store grain. (4)

19. Nickname of rugby great Anthony Foley. (5)

20. “Where are you going with your ________ blowing in the wind?”, My Lovely Horse. (8)

22. One of the seven deadly sins. (4)

24. Madras is the former name of which city? (7)

26. What is the capital of Cyprus? (7)

27. Complete the name of this 60s group: Dave Dee, ____, Beaky, Mick & Tich. (4)

DOWN:

1. Upper Volta: former name of Burkina ____.. (4)

2. Which Celtic festival is a forerunner of Halloween? (7)

3. Complete this sequence from the Nato phonetic alphabet: Golf, _____, India, Juliet. (5)

4. Which company makes the 787 Dreamliner? (6)

5. Mountjoy Prison and the Mater Hospital lie on opposite sides of which thoroughfare? (1,1,1)

7. First name of country music star Harris. (7)

10. It is said that be a true Cockney, you must have been born within earshot of ___ Bells. (3)

11. Small stick which sits atop a cricket wicket. (4)

12. Which Ed Sheeran song was the Christmas 2017 number one in Ireland and the UK? (7)

13. First name of the Republican candidate defeated by Barack Obama in the 2012 election. (4)

16. Government body replaced by Solas. (3)

17. Operation ___ ____ was the codename for the planned Nazi invasion of Britain. (3,4)

18. Where was Ireland’s first Butlin’s? (6)

21. Who won an Oscar for A Fish Called Wanda? (5)

23. The ____: Top Gear’s test driver. (4)

25. Which group had a hit with Mr Blue Sky? (1,1,1)

Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 351

ACROSS: 1. Emoji. 4. Get Back. 7. Stack. 8. Rick’s. 9. CCTV. 10. Dolby. 13. Alcott. 16. O’Byrne. 19. Quorn. 22. Holt. 23. Conde. 24. Femur. 25. PD James. 26. Duchy.

DOWN: 2. MeToo. 3. Jacob’s. 4. Glock. 5. Torvill. 6. CSKA. 10. Davos. 11. Sow. 12. Ethan. 14. Rye. 15. Anaheim. 17. Juneau. 18. Bliss. 20. Rough. 21. Gold.

Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 351

Noreen Burke, Artane, Dublin 5 Cathal O’Connor, Blackrock Road, Cork Niall Pickering, Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath

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