SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No388

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

ACROSS: 7. Who spent nine years as Tanaiste with Bertie

Ahern as Taoiseach? (6) 8. Of Mexican origin, a papier mache figure broken

to release sweets at children’s parties. (6) 10. Representative association for the soldiers,

sailors and airmen of the Defence Forces. (7) 11. Who recently became Mayo manager? (5) 12. Cultural institution based in the Royal Hospital,

Kilmainham. (1,1,1,1) 13. Who sang the title song for the film Grease? (5) 17. Adjective used in connection with the kidneys. (5) 18. Which Ireland rugby international moved from

Munster to Racing 92 this year? (4) 22. _ ____ Rain’s A-Gonna Fall: Bob Dylan song. (1,4) 23. Who is the manager of Glasgow Rangers? (7) 24. ______ Thursday: another name for Holy

Thursday. (6) 25. What is the capital of Iran? (6) DOWN: 1. There is a statue of which world-famous

entertainer in Waterville, Co Kerry? (7) 2. Christine Keeler was a central figure in which

affair? (7) 3. Mary _____: Cambridge professor and presenter

of BBC documentaries on Rome, Pompeii etc. (5) 4. What was the name of Germany’s last Kaiser, he

abdicated in November 1918? (7) 5. Patrick Kavanagh wrote _____ Flynn. (5) 6. “Book ’em, _____”: Hawaii Five-O phrase. (5) 9. Who was recently appointed to the US Supreme

Court in controversial circumstances? (9) 14. Liverpudlian comic who died this year aged 90

(3,4) 15. Who wrote The Little Drummer Girl? (2,5) 16. This escapologist’s name has become synonymous with unlikely victories, escapes etc. (7) 19. The _____ Army are hardcore fans of the

England cricket team. (5) 20. Which river meets the sea at Lisbon? (5) 21. After Drogheda and Dundalk, what is the biggest

town in Louth? (5)

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Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 387 n Bernard Sheehy, Inch, Co Kerry n Albert Murphy, Cloughran, Co Dublin n Connie Corry, Quin, Co Clare