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SUNDAY INDEPENDEN­T QUIZWORD No399

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

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ACROSS: 4. One of two films which received 10 Oscar

nomination­s last week. (4) 6. Which city hosts tonight’s Super Bowl? (7) 8. Montserrat _______: famous Spanish opera

singer who died last year. (7) 9. Which comedian hosts 8 Out of 10 Cats? (4) 10. Which city was the base of infamous drug

trafficker Pablo Escobar? (8) 13. The 1947 All-Ireland Gaelic football final was

played in New York City’s ____ Grounds. (4) 14. “Oh, give me a home where the buffalo ____”:

first line of Home on the Range. (4) 15. A floor ___ is a standard piece in a drum kit. (3) 17. What kind of factory makes coins? (4) 19. Which group recorded Parklife? (4) 20. American term for a toll road. (8) 22. Highest ranking title in UK peerage system. (4) 24. Beatles manager for most of their career. (7) 26. Former unit of currency in Greece. (7) 27. Who was the last English football player to win the Ballon d’Or award for European Player of the Year? (4) DOWN: 1. Active volcano on the east coast of Sicily. (4) 2. Which Irish town “never reared a fool”? (7) 3. Name given to a secret stock of weapons. (5) 4. Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.

(6) 5. First name shared by two Spice Girls. (3) 7. The most important speech at a conference is

called the _______ address. (7) 10. UK equivalent of the NCT. (1,1,1) 11. The Wolfsschan­ze, or Wolf ’s ____, was Hitler’s

HQ for much of World War II. (4) 12. Which country gained independen­ce from

Ethiopia in 1993? (7) 13. What do you call a young salmon or trout? (4) 16. What did John Lennon return to Queen Elizabeth

in 1969? (1,1,1) 17. Who is the A-Team’s pilot? (7) 18. Which organ regulates blood quality? (6) 21. Whose Tidying Up series is a hit on Netflix? (5) 23. Which brothers are in Spandau Ballet? (4) 25. One of the highest-grossing horror film series. (3) Solutions to Sunday Independen­t Quizword No 398 ACROSS: 1. Arkle. 4. Madeira. 7. Linus. 8. Duffy. 9. De La. 10. Wheel. 13. Huawei. 16. Gunman. 19. Chess. 22. Dual. 25. Jabba. 24. Benin. 25. Peugeot. 26. Hanks. DOWN: 2. Reich. 3. Lauper. 4. Mules. 5. Dedalus. 6. Rift. 10. Waugh. 11. Two. 12. Pints. 14. And. 15. Bandage. 17. Sheeba. 18. Yacht. 20. Stick. 21. Winners of Sunday Independen­t Quizword No 398 nColette McSwiney, Lissarda, Co Cork nJoe Martin, Mullingoe, Co Westmeath nAnn Robinson, Raheny, Dublin 13

?? ?? Post your entries to Sunday Independen­t Quizword No 399, 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
Post your entries to Sunday Independen­t Quizword No 399, 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

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