SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No445

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

ACROSS: 6. Which sitcom starred Ronnie Barker and David

Jason? (4,3,5)

8. Dolce’s partner. (7)

9. The minimum number of valid votes a candidate

must get to be elected to the Dail. (5)

10. Seabird with forked tail and pointed wings. (4) 12. Name the sign language traditionally used by

racecourse bookies. (3,3)

14. Thin noodles from Japan. (5)

15. Substance used to curdle milk when making

cheese. (6)

16. The Thomas Francis Meagher Bridge crosses

which river? (4)

19. 90s TV show hosted by Jason Sherlock and

Kathryn Thomas. (5)

21. First Portuguese winner of the European

Footballer of the Year award. (7)

22. Which former Game of Thrones actress stars in Last Christmas? (6,6)

DOWN:

1. How was Manfred von Richthofen better known?

(3,5)

2. Which tributary of the Liffey flows by St. Patrick

Athletic’s ground in Inchicore? (5)

3. _____ House: Charles Dickens novel:. (5)

4. First name of the actor who played the title role

in 2019’s Joker? (7)

5. On which river is Florence built? (4)

6. In the news this year, outside which town is the

former Connemara Gateway Hotel? (10)

7. Which cheese is a key ingredient of tiramisu? (10) 11. 25 January, 2020 will mark the beginning of the

Chinese Year of the ___. (3) 12. The ___ Offensive: event in the Vietnam War. (3) 13. Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019. (8) 14. Which writer created Inspector Wexford? (7)

17. Anti-Catholic measures introduced by Queen

Elizabeth I were called the _____ Laws. (5)

18. “The Lord is my shepherd” is the first line in

_____ 23. (5)

20. The Dassler brothers founded rival sportswear

companies Adidas and ____. (4)

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