SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No361
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 4. & 6. Frank Sinatra standard first heard in Guys and Dolls. (4,2,1,4) 8. Which baseball team moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958? (7) 9. Who played Frodo in the Lord of the Rings? (4) 10. Resourceful ‘80s TV hero, played by Richard Dean Anderson, who eschewed violence. (8) 13. Michael J Fox made his name in Family ____. (4) 14. Which chess piece cannot move backwards? (4) 15. What do you call a male swan? (3) 17. First name of the Wexford hurling manager. (4) 19. How do you saying “drinking” in Irish? (2,2) 20. Recently back in the news, the Empire ________ brought 1,000 immigrants from the Caribbean to the UK in 1948. (8) 22. & 24. Actor and travellers’ rights activist who came to fame with Love/Hate. (4,7) 26. In terms of passenger numbers, which city’s airport is the world’s busiest? (7) 27. This vegetable is a main ingredient of colcannon. (4) DOWN: 1. Played by Andrew Strong, what is the name of the singer in the Commitments? (4) 2. Who is the Widow Twankey’s son? (7) 3. Many-headed creature of Greek mythology. (5) 4. What is the largest lake in Europe? (6) 5. Former athletics star who chaired the organising committee of the London Olympics. (3) 7. Which rugby club shares the Liberty Stadium with Swansea FC? (7) 10. One of the world’s biggest cruise lines. (1,1,1) 11. A small container for liquid medicine. (4) 12. What is the county town of Suffolk? (7) 13. Minneapolis and Saint Paul are “____ cities”. (4) 16. “___, humbug!”: Scrooge’s catchphrase. (3) 17. 17th Century Spanish character whose name has become a byword for a womaniser. (3,4) 18. Who has won the last three Tours de France? (6) 21. A “lazy _____” is a revolving tray sometimes found in the centre of a table in a restaurant. (5) 23. The Tutsi and the ____ are the two main ethnic groups in Rwanda. (4) 25. Controversial US gun owners group. (1,1,1) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 360 ACROSS: 1. Fable. 4. Kibbutz. 7. Moose. 8. Levee. 9. XLVI. 10. Stool. 13. Malala. 16. Nuacht. 19. Gross. 22. Reid. 23. Krill. 24. Simba. 25. Incisor. 26. Jerez. DOWN: 2. Afoot. 3. Lisbon. 4. Knoll. 5. Bolivar. 6. Toed. 10. Stone. 11. San. 12. Mames. 14. Ray. 15. Charles. 17. Irvine. 18. Tiger. 20. Sabre. 21. L Ron. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 360 n Alice O’Neill, Clifden, Co Galway n Mary Evans, Celbridge, Co Kildare n Mary Cody, Douglas, Cork