SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No399
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 4. One of two films which received 10 Oscar
nominations last week. (4) 6. Which city hosts tonight’s Super Bowl? (7) 8. Montserrat _______: famous Spanish opera
singer who died last year. (7) 9. Which comedian hosts 8 Out of 10 Cats? (4) 10. Which city was the base of infamous drug
trafficker Pablo Escobar? (8) 13. The 1947 All-Ireland Gaelic football final was
played in New York City’s ____ Grounds. (4) 14. “Oh, give me a home where the buffalo ____”:
first line of Home on the Range. (4) 15. A floor ___ is a standard piece in a drum kit. (3) 17. What kind of factory makes coins? (4) 19. Which group recorded Parklife? (4) 20. American term for a toll road. (8) 22. Highest ranking title in UK peerage system. (4) 24. Beatles manager for most of their career. (7) 26. Former unit of currency in Greece. (7) 27. Who was the last English football player to win the Ballon d’Or award for European Player of the Year? (4) DOWN: 1. Active volcano on the east coast of Sicily. (4) 2. Which Irish town “never reared a fool”? (7) 3. Name given to a secret stock of weapons. (5) 4. Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.
(6) 5. First name shared by two Spice Girls. (3) 7. The most important speech at a conference is
called the _______ address. (7) 10. UK equivalent of the NCT. (1,1,1) 11. The Wolfsschanze, or Wolf ’s ____, was Hitler’s
HQ for much of World War II. (4) 12. Which country gained independence from
Ethiopia in 1993? (7) 13. What do you call a young salmon or trout? (4) 16. What did John Lennon return to Queen Elizabeth
in 1969? (1,1,1) 17. Who is the A-Team’s pilot? (7) 18. Which organ regulates blood quality? (6) 21. Whose Tidying Up series is a hit on Netflix? (5) 23. Which brothers are in Spandau Ballet? (4) 25. One of the highest-grossing horror film series. (3) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 398 ACROSS: 1. Arkle. 4. Madeira. 7. Linus. 8. Duffy. 9. De La. 10. Wheel. 13. Huawei. 16. Gunman. 19. Chess. 22. Dual. 25. Jabba. 24. Benin. 25. Peugeot. 26. Hanks. DOWN: 2. Reich. 3. Lauper. 4. Mules. 5. Dedalus. 6. Rift. 10. Waugh. 11. Two. 12. Pints. 14. And. 15. Bandage. 17. Sheeba. 18. Yacht. 20. Stick. 21. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 398 nColette McSwiney, Lissarda, Co Cork nJoe Martin, Mullingoe, Co Westmeath nAnn Robinson, Raheny, Dublin 13