SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No387

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

ACROSS: 4. & 6. Which Dubai skyscraper is the tallest building in the world? (4,7) 8. Royal family deposed by the Russian Revolution. (7) 9. All’s Well That ____ Well: Shakespeare play. (4) 10. Played “the American” in 1990’s The Field. (8) 13. Famous district in London’s West End. (4) 14. Goldie ____ played the title role in Private

Benjamin. (4) 15. An ___ cloud caused huge disruption to air

traffic in 2010. (3) 17. The Sultans of ____ recorded Where’s Me

Jumper? (4) 19. Wine is ____ in oak barrels. (4) 20. Who played Samantha in Sex and the City? (8) 22. Small dish in a Spanish bar. (4) 24. The most popular name for pubs in the UK. (3,4) 26. Which young actor has gone from Love/Hate to

Dunkirk and Black ‘47? (7) 27. Microsoft’s web browser. (4) DOWN: 1. Lee ____: Wexford hurling star. (4) 2. Who became the most expensive goalkeeper ever

when Liverpool bought him last summer? (7) 3. Who is the longest serving manager in

inter-county Gaelic football? (5) 4. Racing term for a flat race that is run under

National Hunt rules. (6) 5. Unit of scoring in baseball. (3) 7. How to say Sweden in Swedish? (7) 10. Scarf made from feathers. (3) 11. Starting positions on a motor racing course. (4) 12. Which group made Friday I’m in Love? (3,4) 13. Derogatory name for one who studies hard. (4) 16. Jack Black played title role in Shallow ___. (3) 17. Donegal village mentioned in Theresa May’s

recent Conservative conference speech. (7) 18. “I come to bury Caesar, not to ______ him”,

Mark Antony in Julius Caesar. (6) 21. Term for a golf course beside the sea. (5) 23. ____ District, the UK’s oldest national park. (4) 25. A banger that doesn’t go off. (3) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 386 ACROSS: 1. Schwimmer. 8. Cashel. 9. Morgan. 10. ISBN. 12. Own. 13. Hand. 16. Offred. 17. Renoir. 18. Says. 21. IBM. 22. Gary. 24. Hislop. 25. Lovely. 26. Newcastle. DOWN: 2. Cohen. 3. Walford. 4. Mr Men. 5. Earth. 6. Jaws. 7. Kahn. 10. Irons. 11. Buffy. 14. Avoca. 15. Darby. 17. Ramblas / Rambles. 19. Arís. 20. Solve. 21. ISPCC. 22. Gavel. 23. Roll. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 386 Angela McConnell, Foxrock, Dublin 18 Frank McKenna, Pimlico, Dublin 8 Marie O’Regan, Renmore, Galway

Post your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 387, 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