SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No 374

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

ACROSS: 4. & 6. On which island are the resorts of Playa del

Ingles and Maspalomas? (4,7) 8. Randy Barnes holds the world record in which

sport? (4,3) 9. Choir in Fairytale Of New York. (1,1,1,1) 10. Surname of musical brothers George and Ira. (8) 13. Which Dublin institution is the country’s largest

medical school? (1,1,1,1) 14. Film featuring Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell. (4) 15. Character played by Ted Danson in Cheers. (3) 17. ____ Against The Machine scored an unlikely Christmas number 1 in 2009. (4)

19. _ ___ World, My Masters: 17th Century play.

(1,3) 20. Mystic who held great influence over the Russian

royal family. (8) 22. & 24. What is the name of the priest played by

Graham Norton in Father Ted? (4,7) 26. Skoda’s best-selling car. (7) 27. Former Irish rugby international who was a

presenter on RTE show Getaways this year. (4) DOWN: 1. The quick brown fox jumps over the ____ dog:

practice sentence for typists. (4) 2. Which captain is Tintin’s best friend? (7) 3. Tony Soprano’s official job title: _____ management consultant. (5) 4. August 12 is “the Glorious Twelfth” in Britain as it marks the start of the ______ shooting season. (6) 5. Cleopatra is said to have killed herself with what

kind of snake? (3) 7. Who said “Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”? (7) 10. Slang for American soldiers in World War II. (3) 11. Plant used to make a blue dye. (4) 12. Job title held by Toy Story’s Woody. (7) 13. Poldark’s first name. (4) 16. David Bowie was The ___ Who Fell to Earth. (3) 17. Winner of the 1989 Oscar for Best Picture. (4,3) 18. Which group recorded The Final Countdown? (6) 21. Oblong block of metal, especially gold. (5) 23. One of the North America’s five Great Lakes. (4) 25. ___ Ferdinand: BBC World Cup pundit. (3)

Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 373

ACROSS: 1. Prime. 4. Waldorf. 7. Study. 8. NAFTA. 9. Flog. 10. Louis. 13. Beatty. 16. Rorke’s. 19. Drift. 22. Tuam. 23. Mount. 24. Berry. 25. Trudeau. 26. Farah. DOWN: 2. Retro. 3. Modric. 4. Woolf. 5. Langley. 6. Rath. 10. Luirc. 11. Nth. 12. Wyatt. 14. Mr T. 15. Seattle. 17. Ortega. 18. Machu. 20. Forsa. 21. Boer.