SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No401
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 7. The Cranberries’ best-selling album. (2,4,2,5) 8. Who managed Blackburn Rovers to the Premier
League title in 1995? (8) 9. Which English actor’s roles include Benji in Mission Impossible and Scotty in Star Trek? (4) 10. Which popular 90s horror film starred Courtney
Cox and Neve Campbell? (6) 12. The US Army’s Special Forces are popularly
known as the Green ______. (6) 14. Whose Messiah premiered in Dublin on April 13,
1742? (6) 16. Verb meaning to walk confidently or ostentatiously e.g. on a catwalk. (6) 18. Name the Ireland women’s hockey coach who was named RTE Sport Manager of the Year for 2018. (4) 20. Which oil gives Earl Grey tea its unique flavour?
(8) 22. A team from which half-parish featured in an
All-Ireland club semi-final yesterday? (13) DOWN: 1. Popular Italian bread. (8) 2. Which breed of dog is Snoopy? (6) 3. Common interface used to connect a TV to a
laptop/DVD player etc. (1,1,1,1) 4. One of the world’s largest auction houses, it was founded in London but is now headquartered in New York. (8) 5. Don ______ is the central character in Mad Men.
(6) 6. Where did Martin Sheen spend a term in 2006?
(1,1,1,1) 11. Who was Jeremy Corbyn’s immediate predecessor
as leader of the Labour Party? (8) 13. Which actor played Danny Zuko and Tony
Manero? (8) 15. Hindu festival of lights. (6) 17. Who owns Scooby-Doo? (6) 19. Woman’s ____: long-running programme on BBC Radio 4. (4) 21. Pat Shortt had a number one hit with Jumbo Breakfast ____. (4) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 400 ACROSS: 4. Mark. 6. Algeria. 8. Mariner. 9. East. 10. Carlisle. 13. Crab. 14. Cian. 15. SOS. 17. Buda. 19. Amal. 20. After All. 22. Pope. 24. Iniesta. 26. Dunsink. 27. Remy. DOWN: 1. Slea. 2. Western. 3. Samoa. 4. Markle. 5. Ron. 7. Freeman. 10. CBS. 11. Saul. 12. Sciatic. 13. Cast. 16. Sal. 17. Bagpuss. 18. Crosby. 21. Liadh. 23. Pine. 25. Ice. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 400 Maire Grennan, Ballyreddy, New Ross Marion Meyer, Glengormley, Co Antrim John Dalton, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 Post your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 401, 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