SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No413

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

ACROSS:

7. Which singer will represent Ireland at next week’s

Eurovision Song Contest? (5,8) 8. What is the name of the Tipperary stud farm

owned by John Magnier? (8) 9. ____ People: Top of the Pops dance troupe for

many years. (4) 10. The four classic horse gaits are walk, trot,

______ and gallop. (6) 12. Wife of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, famous for

her collection of shoes. (6) 14. Who solves the Murder at the Vicarage? (6) 16. ______ x 2 = diameter. (6) 18. Digital images are usually saved as ____ files.

(1,1,1,1) 20. Behind The Candelabra was a 2013 movie about which entertainer? (8) 22. In which film do Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd swap roles? (7,6)

DOWN:

1. BBC current affairs programme which has been

running for over 50 years. (8) 2. What object do croquet players hold in their

hands? (6) 3. Complete the title of this Beatles song: __ __

Tired. (2,2) 4. What is the biggest town in the Channel Islands?

(2,6) 5. Cold, frothy coffee drink. (6) 6. Who was nominated for an Oscar for playing

Sonny Corleone in The Godfather? (4) 11. What is the name of Germany’s leading variety

of grape? (8) 13. Church outside Portadown which became a focus

of Orange Order protests in the 1990s. (8) 15. Type of distinctive tiered towers found in the Far

East. (6) 17. Male star of Fifty Shades of Grey and The Fall.

(6) 19. According to Oscar Wilde, “the truth is rarely

____, and never simple”. (4) 21. Hale-____ is the name of an unusually bright

comet which was visible from Earth in 1997. (4)