SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No457
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ACROSS:
7. The Strait of ______: strategically important connection between the Persian Gulf and the open sea. (6)
8. & 10. Fiancee of Boris Johnson. (6,7)
11. Animated Disney film from 1998 which is about
to be released as a live action movie. (5)
12. Type of shot in football and golf. (4)
13. Name the Nobel Prize-winning author of
The Outsider and The Fall. (5)
17. Name of the Soviet Union’s labour camps. (5)
18. This character in the Star Wars films uses an
unusual speech pattern. (4)
22. Lee _____: author of the Jack Reacher novels.
(5)
23. Which language was spoken by Jesus? (7)
24. Biff ______ is Marty McFly’s nemesis. (6)
25. The Grim Reaper is often pictured holding a
______. (6)
DOWN:
1. Albert Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in
_______. (7)
2. Belfast’s _______ Road Gaol is now a tourist
attraction. (7)
3. British designer credited with inventing the
miniskirt in the 1960s. (5)
4. Who has been Ireland’s first choice full back in
this year’s Six Nations Championship? (7) 5. Small sea creatures which make up much of the
diet of whales. (5)
6. Who will succeed Mick McCarthy as Ireland
manager? (5)
9. What is the capital of Pakistan? (9)
14. “Give me your tired, your poor, your _______ masses ...” line of poetry synonymous with the Statue of Liberty. (7)
15. Which hurler is a contestant in this year’s
Dancing with the Stars? (7)
16. Who is the prime minister of Spain? (7)
19. An angle that measures less than 90°. (5)
20. Gas _____: classification of the planets Jupiter
and Saturn. (5)
21. Who had a worldwide number one with Rock Me
Amadeus? (5)
Solutions to Sunday Independent
Quizword No 456
ACROSS: 1. Bruce. 4. Melinda. 7. Scian. 8. Magma. 9. Slob. 10. Welch. 13. Archie. 16. Purple. 19. Heart. 22. Alps. 23. K Club. 24. Today. 25. Tonight. 26. Paths. DOWN: 2. Roche. 3. Clancy. 4. Mills. 5. Lambert. 6. Duma. 10. Weeps. 11. The. 12. Beast. 14. CRH. 15. Fleabag. 17. Verona. 18. Split. 20. Reach. 21. Echo.
Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 456
Joe Fox, BallyBrit, Galway
Teresa Kearney, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow Christine Sullivan, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
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