SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No396
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS:
1. A Life in the Woods is the subtitle of which novel, later to become a Disney animated classic? (5) 4. & 7. The late William G Stewart asked the
questions on which TV quiz show? (7,2,3) 8. Complete the name of this Irish delicacy: _____
bag. (5) 9. Who is playing Jean Valjean in the BBC’s current
adaptation of Les Miserables? (4) 10. Ross _____ got over 19m votes in the 1992 US presidential election, the most ever received by a third place candidate. (5) 13. Catlike. (6) 16. Belfast-born flautist who recorded Annie’s Song.
(6) 19. Exams taken by students a few months before
the Leaving/Junior Cert. (5) 22. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, etc were known as
the ____ Generation. (4) 23. & 24. Who is the new host of the BBC’s Question
Time? (5,5) 25. Winged horse of Greek legend. (7) 26. Which Oscar-winning actress is married to
Daniel Craig? (5) DOWN: 2. “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
— that’s _____.” (5) 3. Which river reaches the sea at Kinsale? (6) 4. Leicester City are nicknamed the _____. (5) 5. Which rock is Ireland’s most southerly point? (7) 6. “____ man kills the thing he loves”, Oscar Wilde.
(4) 10. Who duetted with Barbara Dickson on I Know
Him So Well? (5) 11. Billy Connolly is nicknamed “the Big ___”. (3) 12. Name the Amazon CEO who became the richest
man in the world in 2018. (5) 14. National airline of the Netherlands. (1,1,1) 15. Nickname of the Barbarians rugby team. (3,4) 17. Who was Elton John’s Candle in the Wind written
about? (6) 18. Who played the UK Home Secretary in the hit
BBC drama series Bodyguard? (5) 20. Callan’s _____: RTE radio show. (5) 21. Popular name for a US 10-cent coin. (4) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 395 ACROSS: 1. Geraint Thomas. 8. Morticia. 9. Doha. 10. Gilets. 12. Thorpe. 14. Agassi. 16. Coddle. 18. Gore. 20. Fidelity. 22. Kendall Jenner. DOWN: 1. Becoming. 2. Sartre. 3. Cnoc. 4. Atlantic. 5. Mondeo. 6. Oath. 11. Seinfeld. 13. Pulitzer. 15. Sheedy. 17. Delany. 19. O’Dea. 21. Dojo. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 395 Trish O’Rourke, Mullingar, Co Westmeath Rebecca Trimmer, Raheny, Dublin 5 Shane Dowling, Tralee, Co Kerry Post your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 396, 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 allow up to six weeks for receipt of your prize, and would entrants also remember to include a phone number with their address, simply as an extra aid to contacting winners. If you are a winner and have any queries in relation to your prize, please ring our dedicated hotline on: (01) 705-5333