SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No353

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

ACROSS:

1. What is the name of the UK’s largest consumer

organisation? (5) 4. Who won the Oscar for Best Director earlier this

month? (3,4) 7. Joe Strummer was lead singer in The _____. (5) 8. Ireland’s Child and Family Agency. (5) 9. Which former World Footballer of the Year

recently became president of Liberia? (4) 10. What kind of wallpaper features a raised, usually

floral, pattern? (5) 13. The city of Hull is on the banks of the ______. (6) 16. & 19. “Greed is good” is the mantra of which

movie character? (6,5) 22. Former name of Thailand. (4) 23. The _____ Show was America’s top-rated TV

programme from 1985 to 1990. (5) 24. A person or thing used to distract someone from

what they are looking for. (5) 25. Who is the last surviving member of the classic

Dubliners line-up? (7) 26. 10th letter of the Greek alphabet, also part of

the name of a major Irish company. (5)

DOWN:

2. Method of slaughtering animals according to

Islamic law. (5) 3. Name shared by the main GAA grounds in

Westmeath and Clare. (6) 4. There are ten _____ in a dollar. (5) 5. Which is the lightest metal? (7) 6. The ____ runs the lifeboat service. (1,1,1,1) 10. For which film did Frances McDormand win her

first Best Actress Oscar? (5) 11. JFK’s VP. (1,1,1) 12. Which young hobbit is the central character in The Lord of the Rings? (5) 14. John Keats wrote Ode On A Grecian___. (3) 15. TV presenter whose credits included The

Generation Game and Strictly. (7) 17. Napoleon died in exile on Saint ______. (6) 18. What do you hit a sliotar with? (5) 20. Who is the manager of Liverpool FC? (5) 21. “The lady ____ protest too much, methinks”. (4) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 352 ACROSS: 4. Bonn. 6. Carabao. 8. Theorem. 9. Cobh. 10. Blindboy. 13. Miró. 14. Eoin. 15. WWF. 17. Silo. 19. Axel. 20. Fetlocks. 22. Lust. 24. Chennai. 26. Nicosia. 27. Dozy. DOWN: 1. Faso. 2. Samhain. 3. Hotel. 4. Boeing. 5. NCR. 7. Emmylou. 10. Bow. 11. Bail. 12. Perfect. 13. Mitt. 16. FÁS. 17. Sea Lion. 18. Mosney. 21. Kline. 23. Stig. 25. ELO. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 352 n Mary J Walsh, Cabra, Dublin 7 n Pat Doolan, Killarney, Co Kerry n Angela McGuinness, Virginia, Co Cavan

Post your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 353, Sunday Independent, 27-32 Talbot Street, Dublin D01 X2E1, to arrive by Thursday morning next. Faxes are unacceptable. Prizes will be awarded to the first three all-correct entries opened. Please...