SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No391
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 1. Who scored the only try of the game in Ireland’s
recent win over the All Blacks? (9) 8. Democrat seeking to return as Speaker of the
House of Representatives in January. (6) 9. Which Munster town has a ferry service to the
Aran Islands? (6) 10. Repulsive warlike creatures which feature in The
Lord of the Rings. (4) 12. Short name for the Rectus Abdominis muscle. (3) 13. The triple jump was previously known as the hop,
___ and jump. (4) 16. On which ship did Charles Darwin sail? (6) 17. Who wrote the Artemis Fowl books? (6) 18. Cheers regular. (4) 21. Russian space station which orbited the earth
between 1986 and 2001. (3) 22. Groups of friends or colleagues who joined the British Army in World War I were often kept together in “____ battalions”. (4) 24. Amy Huberman starred in RTE’s The ______. (6) 25. Which County Fermanagh village lies across the
border from Blacklion, County Cavan? (6) 26. In which American city was Happy Days set? (9) DOWN: 2. “Give us the _____ and we will finish the job”,
Churchill, 1941. (5) 3. Curved section of a motor racing track designed
to slow down racers. (7) 4. Who is the deputy leader of the DUP? (5) 5. Who plays at O’Moore Park? (5) 6. What is the German equivalent of Mister? (4) 7. Nickname of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (4) 10. Controversial prime minister of Hungary. (5) 11. UK number one hit for Gilbert O’Sullivan. (5) 14. Author of The Castle and Metamorphosis. (5) 15. Who killed Achilles? (5) 17. Close relative of the reindeer. (7) 19. Paris’s second airport. (4) 20. Strait between Anglesey and the mainland. (5) 21. Colourful kind of parrot. (5) 22. Umbrella term for a lentil, chickpea, etc. (5) 23. In which city is the HQ of Interpol? (4) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 390 ACROSS: 4. Call .6. My Bluff. 8. Acrobat. 9. Bean. 10. Flintoff. 13. Calf. 14. Rood. 15. Pod. 17. Moon. 19. Once. 20. Hanukkah. 22. Rice. 24. Ratched. 26. Reading. 27. Avon. DOWN: 1. Ryde. 2. Clannad. 3. Of All. 4. Corona. 5. Lob. 7. Stefani. 10. FFP. 11. Oboe. 12. Archery. 13. Coen. 16. D’Oh! 17. McBride. 18. Skehan. 21. Ard Ri. 23. Cong. 23. TGV. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 390 Sophie Tiernan, Boyle Co Roscommon Michael O’Loughlin, Cappanuke, Co Limerick G Hall, Castletroy, Limerick Post your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 391, 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