SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No382

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

ACROSS: 1. Which group will headline a concert at Slane

Castle next summer? (9) 8. Teenage goalscorer in 2018 World Cup final. (6) 9. Which manager has won a record eight

All-Ireland Gaelic football titles? (6) 10. Which website describes itself as “the global

marketplace for unique and creative goods”? (4) 12. American author of The Raven. (3) 13. One of Ireland’s biggest transport unions. (1,1,1,1) 16. What was the most popular name for boys born

in England and Wales last year? (6) 17. Which Mayoman founded the Land League? (6) 18. The secure, central tower of a castle. (4) 21. “The wages of ___ is death”, Romans 6:23. (3) 22. Which Arsenal star retired from international

football in July? (4) 24. What do you call a young swan? (6) 25. Galway is the “City of the ______”. (6) 26. Who is the prime minister of Pakistan? (5,4)

DOWN:

2. Karaoke means “____ orchestra” in Japanese. (5) 3. Graham Norton’s second novel. (1,6) 4. Director who created the Spaghetti Western. (5) 5. Rory _____ left Mrs Brown’s Boys last year. (5) 6. _ ___ You Look Good on the Dancefloor: Arctic

Monkeys’ debut single. (1,3) 7. Bob Woodward’s recently published account of

the Trump presidency. (4) 10. What would you read on a Kobo or a Kindle? (5) 11. Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount includes advice not

to “cast your pearls before _____”. (5) 14. German air raids on Britain in World War II. (5) 15. “Never put off _____ tomorrow what you can do

the day after tomorrow”, Mark Twain. (5) 17. Which is the largest Ukrainian city currently

occupied by pro-Russian forces. (7) 19. Watermark is an album by this Irish singer. (4) 20. Company which features in the movie Catch Me

If You Can. (3,2) 21. The _____ Spruce is Ireland’s top commercial

tree species. (5) 22. What kind of board is used during a seance? (5) 23. The Irish employers’ federation. (4)

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