SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No414

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

ACROSS:

1. I Say a Little Prayer, Alfie and Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa were composed by which

songwriter? (9) 8. What is the name of Donald Trump’s 13-year-old

son? (6) 9. Fermanagh-born star of Line of Duty. (6) 10. An ____ Bo Cuailnge ,or the Cattle Raid of

Cooley: ancient Irish epic. (4) 12. Makers of Game of Thrones. (1,1,1) 13. By what name is the Thames known on its

passage through Oxford? (4) 16. Speaker of the House of Commons. (6) 17. What kind of whale is white? (6) 18. Who had a hit with Smooth Operator? (4) 21. Celtic recently won it for the eighth consecutive

time. (1,1,1) 22. One of the Channel Islands. (4) 24. What is the highest-grossing film of all time? (6) 25. The Flight of the Earls set sail from Lough

______. (6) 26. Poetry Anthology used by Leaving Cert English

students up to 2000. (9)

DOWN:

2. Name of Scottish island and Dublin quay. (5) 3. Who scored the final try in Ireland’s famous win

over New Zealand in Chicago in 2016? (7) 4. What is the official state sport of Texas? (5) 5. First name of Time After Time singer. (5) 6. & 7. Dancer executed for spying in WWI. (4,4) 10. Crockett’s partner in Miami Vice. (5) 11. John Dillinger was betrayed by the “Woman __

___”. (2,3) 14. German dive bombers of World War II. (5) 15. Surname of Game of Thrones characters Sansa,

Arya and Bran. (5) 17. Who was Dan Aykroyd’s partner in The Blues

Brothers? (7) 19. Thomas ____ Edison: famous inventor. (4) 20. “Jack Sprat could ___ __ fat.” (3,2) 21. Mythological woman whose singing lured sailors

on to the rocks. (5) 22. Which term describes the change in voter

support from one election to the next? (5) 23. Lifeboat service organisation. (1,1,1,1)