SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No317
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 1. Jack Kerouac’s classic beat novel. (2,3,4) 8. Destructive beetle which feeds on grain. (6) 9. Who won an All-Ireland Gaelic football medal with Kerry as well as 41 Ireland rugby caps? (6) 10. Greenish-blue colour. (4) 12. Apple’s alternative to Android. (1,1,1) 13. Whose roles include Ned Stark and Boromir? (4) 16. In soccer, to ______ an opponent means to dribble the ball between their legs. (6) 17. A Cork suburb and a Dublin venue are both named after this ancient Italian town. (6) 18. GAA body which imposes punishments for breaches of discipline. (1,1,1,1) 21. Which three letters indicate a file should be opened with Adobe Acrobat? (3) 22. Fashion label founded by Donna Karan. (1,1,1,1) 24. Balaclava and Yalta are on which peninsula? (6) 25. Darth Vader was born ______ Skywalker. (6) 26. What is the capital of North Korea? (9)
DOWN: 2. First name of RTE’s Healthy Home Chef. (5) 3. Novel written by Graham Norton. (7) 4. Which former men’s world No.1 lost to Billie Jean King in a 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis challenge? (5) 5. To improvise, e.g. in a speech. (2,3) 6. “This very night before the cock crows, you will ____ me three times”, Matthew 26:34. (4) 7. If kilo- denotes x 1,000, which prefix denotes x 1,000,000? (4) 10. Oscar Wilde defined a _____ as “a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing”. (5) 11. Montezuma ruled which empire? (5) 14. What you read on a kindle etc. (5) 15. Alex Ferguson called Manchester City a “_____ neighbour”. (5) 17. Donald Trump’s youngest daughter. (7) 19. The goldfish is part of which family of fish? (4) 20. FBI director sacked by Donald Trump. (5) 21. “A pint of _____ is your only man”. (5) 22. “_____ the swamp”: Trump slogan. (5) 23. Martin Sheen spent a term here in 2006. (1,1,1,1)
Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 316 ACROSS: 1. Emily. 4. Betamax. 7. James. 8. Lagan. 9. Hawk. 10. Sitar. 12. Herbie. 16. Walter. 19. Mitty. 22. Tuam. 23. Burns. 24. Jared. 25. Kushner. 26. Birth. DOWN: 2. Miami. 3. Lee Van. 4. Borat. 5. Tolkien. 6. Amal. 10. Snowy. 11. LBW. 12. Perry. 14. CLG. 15. Yeltsin. 17. MiWadi. 18. Dakar. 20. Trent. 21. Zulu. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 316 Matt Walshe, Abbeyleix, Co Laois Elizabeth Thompson, Baltinglass, Co Wicklow Kay Madden, Knocklyon, Dublin 16
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