We are offering a €50 One4all Gift Card to three Sunday Independent readers with this Quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS:
1. & 4. Which TV drama series starred Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison? (5,7)
7. The _____ Guard protects the Pope. (5)
8. Which mythological figure carried the world on his shoulders? (5)
9. Collective name for a rugby team’s forwards. (4)
10. Who played the title role in Barry Lyndon? (5)
13. Which drink is supposedly “made in Scotland from girders”? (3,3)
16. Who played Luke Skywalker? (6)
19. Jade _____: reality TV star of the 2000s. (5)
22. “The boy stood on the burning deck whence all but he had ____”. (4)
23. In which country are the headquarters of broadcaster Al Jazeera? (5)
24. _____ Got To Hide Your Love Away: Beatles
song. (5)
25. Which group had hits with Picture This and
Heart of Glass? (7)
26. Who plays Marianne in Normal People? (first
name: 5)
DOWN:
2. Which tree is also called the Mountain Ash? (5)
3. Who plays Connell in Normal People? (6)
4. Peninsula between Israel and the Suez Canal. (5)
5. Who co-headlined the Superbowl half-time show with Jennifer Lopez in February? (7)
6. Alfred Lord Tennyson described Nature as “red in tooth and ____”. (4)
10. The D-Day beaches were codenamed Gold, Sword, Juno, Utah and _____. (5)
11. Which group had hits with Poison Arrow and All of My Heart? (1,1,1)
12. Which manager led Manchester United to their first European Cup? (5)
14. Which company’s logo features a dog listening to a gramophone? (1,1,1)
15. What is the name of Boris Johnson’s recently born son? (7)
17. What is the capital of Colombia? (6)
18. & 20. Who played the title role in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (5,5)
21. Who played Imelda in The Commitments? (4)