CROSSWORD LET’S GET QUIZICAL!
ACROSS 1. Back-scrubber (6) 7. Ingenious stratagem (8) 8. Wolf-like cry (4) 10. Red wine (6) 11. Continent (6) 14. Stripling (3) 16. Afterwards (5) 17. High (4) 19. Aspect (5) 21. Piece of turf (5) 22. Filleted (5) 23. Depend (4) 26 Rope-making fibre (5) 28. Congeal (3) 29. Tolerates (6) 30. Recollect (6) 31. Portent (4) 32. Tires out (8) 33. Oozed (6)
DOWN 1. Surgical knife (6) 2. Of flowers (6) 3. Stop (4) 4. Small stream (7) 5. Fulcrum (5) 6. Cut off (5) 8. Vestibule (4) 9. Marry (3) 12. Rodent (3) 13. Oyster’s gem (5) 15. Bird (5) 18. Improvise (2-3) 19. Flipper (3) 20. Fish (3) 21. Dreary (7) 22. Not good (3) 23. Ebb (6) 24. Style and vigour (4) 25. Screamed (6) 26. Rescues (5) 27. Vision (5) 28. Jewel (3) 30. Boy’s name (4) 1. WHICH Kate Bush song originally released in 1985 is number one in the UK singles chart after featuring in Netflix sci-fi show Stranger Things? a) Babooshka b) Running Up That Hill c) Wuthering Heights d) Cloudbusting 2. ENGLAND defender Lucy Bronze has left Manchester City to join which European club? a) Real Madrid b) Juventus c) Bayern Munich d) Barcelona 3. WHICH football club’s chief executive headed off a planned protest outside his house by meeting fans in his local pub? a) Manchester United b) Chelsea c) Derby County d) Everton 4. NATIONAL Health Service and emergency service workers had promo tickets for whose Glasgow concert cancelled hours before the gig? a) Justin Bieber b) Coldplay c) Ed Sheeran d) Kendrick Lamar 5. WHERE did Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finish in the Canadian Grand Prix? a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth 6. WHICH music legend celebrated a milestone birthday with his family on a luxury yacht in the Greek islands? a) Rod Stewart b) Paul McCartney c) Bryan Adams d) Roger Whittaker 7. WHICH player has been officially unveiled as a Bayern Munich player after leaving Liverpool? a) Jordan Henderson b) Mo Salah c) Roberto Firmino d) Sadio Mane 8. WHO stepped in for Suzy Dent in dictionary corner when she was forced to miss episodes of
Countdown
after contracting COVID?
a) Judge Rinder b) Gyles Brandreth c) Carol Vorderman d) Wayne Rooney 9. WHICH part of the body did Prime Minister Boris Johnson have a minor operation on this week? a) Left bollock b) Right bollock c) Ear d) Nose 10. HARRY Styles was compared to which legendary rock group frontman after wearing a sparkly outfit during a concert. a) Jon Bon Jovi b) Robert Plant c) Freddie Mercury d) Gary Barlow