SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No460
We are offering a €50 One4all Gift Card to three Sunday Independent readers with this Quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS:
4. ____ The Beatles was the name of the band’s second album. (4) 6. Which Russian ballet star defected to the west in 1961? (7) 8. & 9. Which film features a horse called Tir na nOg? (4,3,4) 10. Character who appears in David Bowie’s Space Oddity and Ashes to Ashes. (5,3) 13. This town was one of the former centres of Irish sugar beet production. (4) 14. Title held by rulers of Kuwait and Qatar. (4) 15. Company synonymous with range cookers. (3) 17. Deutsche ____: German national rail operator. (4) 19. Former name of Thailand. (4) 20. The Pilgrim Fathers set sail from which port? (8) 22. Who is the leader of the Alliance Party? (4) 24. Who composed The Barber Of Seville? (7) 26. & 27. A group of former Manchester United players are co-owners of this football club. (7,4)
DOWN:
1. Pat Spillane used the phrase “____ football” to describe a Tyrone performance in 2003. (4) 2. Which mythological creature is half-human halfhorse? (7) 3. Spanish city associated with Saint Teresa. (5) 4. Who played Hermione in the Harry Potter films? (6) 5. How is the explosive trinitrotoluene better known? (1,1,1) 7. Afghanistan’s largest province and a Taliban stronghold. (7) 10. Sport which Conor McGregor competes in. (1,1,1) 11. Which television company was rescued by Roland Rat? (1,1,1,1) 12. Who played Hannibal Smith, leader of the A-Team? (7) 13. ____ Dancer: Elton John song. (4) 16. Which Irish group recorded Girl from Mars? (3) 17. Official who oversees evictions. (7) 18. Agreement with an insurance company. (6) 21. Unexpected development in a book, film etc. (5) 23. One of Ireland’s biggest transport unions. (1,1,1,1) 25. “Yield” road signs say “Geill ___” in the Gaeltacht. (3)
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