SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No327

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

ACROSS:

4. What was pictured on the Irish 5p coin? (4) 6. Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure & Reform. (7) 8. Which character says “life is ... full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”? (7) 9. The 1983 final episode of which TV series is, Super Bowls aside, the most viewed programme in US TV history? (4) 10. On which app can you send messages and pictures which disappear after 10 seconds? (8) 13. Derogatory term for a journalist. (4) 14. ____ the Impaler: inspiration for Dracula. (4) 15. In one of Aesop’s fables, what kind of animal disguises itself as a lion? (3) 17. Chimney duct which redirects smoke or gas. (4) 19. Match of the Day host from 1973 to 1988. (4) 20. George Michael’s partner in Wham. (8) 22. Condition sometimes developed by military veterans. (1,1,1,1) 24. Italian astronomer condemned for heresy. (7) 26. Who plays Emperor Commodus in Gladiator? (7) 27. River running along the Polish-German border. (4)

DOWN:

1. On which island is the Book of Kells believed to have been written? (4) 2. Which private company will be running a number of Dublin bus routes from next year? (2,5) 3. Sana’a is the capital of which country? (5) 4. Muscles on your upper arms. (6) 5. Whose statue stands in Emancipation Park, Charlottesville? (3) 7. Fine Gael minister who resigned in May 2014. (7) 10. Jamaican pop music popularised by groups such as the Specials and the Beat. (3) 11. UK City of Culture 2017. (4) 12. The Ring of Kerry tours which peninsula? (7) 13. Unit used to measure the height of a horse. (4) 16. Where might you try to win a coconut? (3) 17. Term for a fashionable young woman of the

1920s. (7) 18. Woman at the centre of the Profumo Affair. (6) 21. To run away with a lover. (5) 23. A narrow strip of land extending into the sea. (4) 25. Drug developed by Albert Hofmann. (1,1,1)

Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 326 ACROSS: 7. Some Like It Hot. 8. Rossiter. 9. LGBT. 10. Ariana. 12. Ensign. 14. Phuket. 16. Sapper. 18. Bari. 20. Babe Ruth. 22. Mick The Miller. DOWN: 1. Gomorrah. 2. Persia. 3. Pitt. 4. Terriers. 5. Styles. 6. Comb. 11. Autobahn. 13. Glenties. 15. Knicks. 17. Purple. 19. Aria. 21. Bomb.

Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 326 Billy Hannon, Tuam, Co Galway Catherine Power, Glenageary, Co Dublin John Caffrey, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

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