SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No467

We are offering a €50 One4all Gift Card to three Sunday Independent readers with this Quizword, compiled by John Murphy

ACROSS:

4. & 6. The song Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? appears in which musical? (4,7)

8. Who became the most expensive player in England when he joined Man United in 2014? (2,5)

9. The ____ Mountains form a natural boundary between Asia and Europe. (4)

10. Believed to be the most trafficked mammal in the world. (8)

13. Second biggest city in the Czech Republic? (4)

14. One of Donald Duck’s nephews. (4)

15. Butler in Hart to Hart. (3)

17. Enemy of Batman played by Tom Hardy. (4)

19. “A tattered coat upon a stick, unless his soul can ____ its hands and sing, and louder sing”, Yeats poem. (4)

20. African American civil rights leader assassinated in 1965. (7,1)

22. What is Cologne called in German? (4)

24. President of the European Central Bank. (7)

26. “My cup _______ over”, Psalm 23. (7)

27. First name of the actress who played the title role in The Vicar of Dibley. (4)

DOWN:

1. The Battle of Spion Kop was in which war? (4)

2. Who did Mary Robinson succeed as President in 1990? (7)

3. Many-headed creature of Greek mythology. (5)

4. ______ to Catalonia: George Orwell’s account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. (6)

5. Traditional Dublin cake. (3)

7. Who owns Coolmore Stud? (7)

10. Antipodean slang for a Briton. (3)

11. Village in west Cork. (4)

12. Which household object is one of three metal pieces replaced by Monopoly in 2017? (7)

13. Who invented the telephone? (4)

16. Boom Clap was a hit for Charli ___. (1,1,1)

17. Type of shark recently spotted off the Irish coast. (7)

18. This Kilkenny village has a nearby racecourse. (6)

21. Who created and played Austin Powers? (5)

23. Jared ____ won an Oscar for Dallas Buyers

Club. (4)

25. Which is the smallest state in India? (3)

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