SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No328
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 1. What does Luas mean in Irish? (5) 4. Surname of TV’s Father Jack. (7) 7. Former US vice president who recently visited
Ireland. (5) 8. Josef _____ was the stage name of Joseph
McLaughlin. (5) 9. Irish racehorse trainer who had his 4,000th
winner last year. (4) 10. Which company does Tom Hanks’s character
work for in Cast Away? (5) 13. Gavin & ______: hit TV show. (6) 16. John Travolta’s gang in Grease. (1,5) 19. Which BBC Northern Ireland presenter is in the
top 10 of the corporation’s earners? (5) 22. Cosmetics company famous for its door-to-door
sales team. (4) 23. The _____: the resident guest in the TV show
Fawlty Towers. (5) 24. Character who says “live long and prosper”. (5) 25. City, now part of Italy, where James Joyce lived
for many years. (7) 26. A homeless cat or dog. (5) DOWN: 2. What do you call a group of lions? (5) 3. What is the county town of Devon? (6) 4. Popular name for the medical condition Urticaria.
(5) 5. This German castle was a famous POW camp for
Allied officers in World War II. (7) 6. ____ Five: Dave Brubeck Quartet signature
tune. (4) 10. He played the title role in The King’s Speech. (5) 11. Former name of Ireland’s reserve army. (1,1,1) 12. Who left the Rolling Stones in 1992 after 30
years in the band? (5) 14. A ___ code: US equivalent of a postcode. (3) 15. Whose 1973 try for the Barbarians against the All Blacks is regarded by many as the best ever? (7) 17. Infamous dictator of Cambodia. (3,3) 18. Current manager of Chelsea. (5) 20. What is the capital of Ghana? (5) 21. Who hosted RTE quiz show Quicksilver? (4) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 327 ACROSS: 4. Bull. 6. Donohoe. 8. Macbeth. 9. MASH. 10. Snapchat. 13. Hack. 14. Vlad. 15. Ass. 17. Flue. 19 Hill. 20. Ridgeley. 22. PTSD. 24. Galileo. 26. Phoenix. 27. Oder. DOWN: 1. Iona. 2. Go Ahead. 3. Yemen. 4. Biceps. 5. Lee. 7. Shatter. 10. Ska. 11. Hull. 12. Iveragh. 13. Hand. 16. Shy. 17. Flapper. 18. Keeler. 21. Elope. 23. Spit. 25. LSD. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 327 n Thomas Deegan, Dublin 11 n Mark O’Brien, The Spa, Tralee, Co Kerry n Patrick Preston, Portrane, Donabate