SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No381

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

ACROSS: 1. Who recently became the first Japanese tennis

player to win a Grand Slam tournament? (5) 4. What do you pull to release a parachute? (7) 7. Wordsworth “wandered lonely as a _____”. (5) 8. The Bell Jar: novel written by Silvia _____. (5) 9. Independent TD for Dublin Fingal. (4) 10. Who sang Writing’s on the Wall, the theme from

the most recent James Bond film, Spectre? (5) 13. Founder of the Lambert Puppet Theatre. (6) 16. & 19. Character played by Brendan Gleeson in

the Harry Potter films. (3,3,5) 22. The Commitments’ trumpet player Joey Fagan is

nicknamed The ____. (4) 23. With which team did José Mourinho win the

Champions League in 2004? (5) 24. Celebrity chef synonymous with Padstow,

Cornwall. (5) 25. Suffragette Emily _______ died after throwing herself in front of the king’s horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby. (7) 26. “I’ll make him an _____ he can’t refuse”, Marlon

Brando in The Godfather. (5) DOWN: 2. Massachusetts town synonymous with

witchcraft. (5) 3. Which clown features in The Simpsons? (6) 4. Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s biggest hit. (5) 5. Writing material used by the ancient Egyptians.

(7) 6. The ____ of Spring: groundbreaking composition by Igor Stravinsky. (4) 10. Finland’s name for itself. (5) 11. First name of the actor who won an Oscar for

playing Professor Henry Higgins. (3) 12. Who played Chandler in Friends? (5) 14. Centrist party formed in the 1980s by MPs who

broke away from the British Labour Party. (1,1,1) 15. One-eyed giant encountered in Homer’s Odyssey.

(7) 17. & 18. What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?

(4,2,5) 20. County Waterford is nicknamed the _____. (5) 21. In which US state are Des Moines and Sioux

City? (4)

Post your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 381, Sunday Independent, 27-32 Talbot Street, Dublin D01 X2E1, to arrive by Thursday morning next. Faxes are unacceptable. Prizes will be awarded to the first three all-correct entries opened. Please allow up to six weeks for receipt of your prize, and would entrants also remember to include a phone number with their address, simply as an extra aid to contacting winners. If you are a winner and have any queries in relation to your prize, please ring our dedicated hotline on: (01) 705-5333