SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No437

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

ACROSS:

1. Which Nobel Prize winner is also the most

followed person on Twitter? (5)

4. Who directed The Godfather? (7)

7. & 8. Communist regime which took over

Cambodia in the 1970s? (5,5)

9. Government body which advises people on

financial affairs. (4)

10. A feeling of deep anxiety or dread. (5)

13. The LA Lakers’ ______ James is regarded as one

of the greatest basketball players of all time. (5) 16. BBC teletext service which closed in 2012. (6) 19. Who wrote The Time Machine? (5)

22. Name the car which features in Knight Rider. (4) 23. In which village would you find statues of sports

stars John Egan and Crusher Casey? (5)

24. In population, the smallest country which took

part in the 2019 Rugby World Cup. (5)

25. What was the name of the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957? (7)

26. County Waterford is nicknamed the _____. (5)

DOWN:

2. Who wrote The Auld Triangle? (5)

3. Based in Denmark, what is the world’s biggest

container shipping company? (6)

4. Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and the late Ginger

Baker made up which “supergroup”? (5)

5. “Exit, _______ by a bear”: famous stage direction

from Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. (7)

6. & 10. Top of the Pops dance troupe for many

years. (4,3,2)

11. Grouping of pro-Brexit Conservative MPs led by

Steve Baker. (1,1,1) 12. Muhammad Ali was the given the freedom of

which Irish town in 2009? (5)

14. Tennis: the ___ Cup is the women’s equivalent of

the Davis Cup. (3)

15. His roles include Jean Valjean and PT Barnum.(7) 17. Winnie-the-Pooh’s donkey friend. (6)

18. Austin ____ Park: GAA ground in Tralee. (5)

20. Nigerian city, one of Africa’s most populous. (5) 21. An Bord ____ Nua: nickname given to costcutting committee established in 2008. (4)

Solutions to Sunday Independent

Quizword No 436

ACROSS: 1. Jon Voight. 8. Hurley. 9. Widget. 10. Fyre. 12. Gun. 13. Roth. 16. Reynor. 17. Bruton. 18. Sulu. 21. Fin. 22. Acme. 24. Pompeo. 25. Lehane. 26. Brookside.

DOWN: 2. Ollie. 3. Voyager. 4. Irwin. 5. Hodor. 6. Bury. 7. Newt. 10. Ferns. 11. Royal. 14. Optic. 15. Hinde. 17. Bangles. 19. Upon. 20. Upper. 21. Frodo. 22. Aphid. 23. Manx.

Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 436

Gemma Nash, Celbridge, Co Kildare Ann Peppard, Rush, Co Dublin Brendan Hand, Killarney, Co Kerry

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