SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No436
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS:
1. Oscar-winner and father of Angelina Jolie. (3,6) 8. Des Cahill Up For The Match co-host this year. (6) 9. Plastic device inside some cans of beer. (6) 10. Musical festival in the Bahamas which was the
subject of two documentaries this year. (4) 12. Flare ___, Gatling ___, air ___, etc. (3) 13. Van Halen singer. (4) 16. Irish star of What Richard Did and Midsommar.
(6) 17. Who is the Minister for Communications, Climate
Action and Environment? (6) 18. Which one of the original Star Trek crew was
played by George Takei? (4) 21. A ___ whale was recently found dead on
Dollymount Strand. (3) 22. Cartoon character Wile E Coyote uses products
from which fictional company? (4) 24. Who is the US Secretary of State? (6) 25. Micheal ______: RTE political correspondent. (6) 26. Jimmy Corkhill and Barry Grant were characters
on which TV soap? (9)
DOWN:
2. _____ Campbell: former Ireland rugby star. (5) 3. _______ 1 and 2: Nasa probes launched in 1977
which are now in interstellar space. (7) 4. Steve _____ was TV’s “Crocodile Hunter”. (5) 5. Which Game of Thrones character was only capable of saying his own name? (5) 6. Which team was expelled from the English
Football League in August? (4) 7. Amphibious mammal sometimes kept as a pet. (4) 10. Which town was the seat of Diarmuid
MacMurrough, king of Leinster? (5) 11. Meath is nicknamed the _____ County. (5) 14. Nerve connecting the retina and the brain. (5) 15. Famous for his postcard photographs of Ireland.
(5) 17. Who had a hit with Manic Monday? (7) 19. Kingston ____ Hull: English city. (4) 20. The Seanad: _____ house of the Oireachtas. (5) 21. Central character in The Lord of the Rings. (5) 22. Another name for the greenfly. (5) 23. Native language of the Isle of Man. (4)
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