Features, March 20, 1998

Examiner Irish Features

Examiner Crossword

How to play:

1. The current word you are working on is highlighed in yellow.
2. The current letter is highlighted in cyan.
3. Click on any letter to move to that word.
4. <spacebar> switches between across and down. It pivots around the current letter.
5. <backspace> erases the current letter.
6. Incorrect letters are drawn in red.

Clues:

Across	Down
1. Goad for driving cattle	1. Bavaglio
4. Crustacean	2. Manila hemp plant
8. Not good	3. The common people
11. In bed	4. US film actor
13. Distinctive Quality	5. Regret
14. Confused mixture of sounds	6. Bedouin
16. Amusement	7. Uncover
17. Equipment	8. Ingot
18. Area used for sports	9. Second son of Adam
19. Assembly of witches	10. Sandy tract
21. Part of verb to be	12. Hindu Mother Goddess
23. Lower limb	14. Trite
24. To one side	15. Fall behind
25. Chatter	20. Root of the taro
27. Group of two	22. Mild oath
30. Supreme Being	26. Part of an ice skate
33. Source of Cocoa	28. Title of respect for God
37. Glass ornament	29. Free of ice
39. First man	31. Entrance
41. Diventare pazzo	32. Codlike fish
42. Large	33. Taxicab
43. Embankmant	34. Among
44. Remain	35. Message symbols
45. Freshwater fish	36. Pack leader
46. East Indian pepper plant	38. Matures
47. Postpone	40. Honey
49. Son of Isaac and Rebeccah	45. Female homosexual
51. Vessel built by Noah	46. Relieve gas
52. Baked dough	48. Zeal
56. Sharp projection	50. Calculating device
59. Without hearing	53. Fencing sword
62. Edible fruit	54. Alleviate
63. From the beginning	55. Research deeply
65. Cartel	56. Punch
67. Old cloth measure	57. Adjoin
69. Purchaser	58. Spanish painter
70. Sweetheart	60. French clergyman
71. Roof overhang	61. Bloodsucking insect
72. Make lace	64. Vetinarian
73. Hearing organ	66. Lever for rowing
74. Affirmative reply	68. Ocean

Examiner Horoscopes

Aries
HEAVEN must be missing an angel or at least that is what someone has been thinking for some time. Put your halo away and take a devil-may-care attitude.

Taurus
THE toughest part of climbing that mountain is getting out of the rut. Put your best foot forward and keep your eyes firmly fixed on your shining star.

Gemini
IF YOU are on the verge of a credit crisis, it is time to be careful with cash. Financially, you may be in over your head. Seek advice and stick to a budget plan.

Cancer
SOMEONE you know has hit rock bottom, but, as a result, can now rise to glory. Give others the space they need to deal with problem.

Leo
REAL miracles do happen and despite your scepticism, today you have to admit that this is true. In work or business, emphasise strategy and avoid sentimentality.

Virgo
IF YOU are determined to go on, nothing can beat you. You are one of life's success stories and others look to your good example.

Libra
RECENT success has changed you, in work and love. Take some responsibility for the makeover and ensure that you are becoming who you want to be.

Scorpio
SOMEONE'S story is quite bizarre but yet bears more than a hint of truth. Be prepared to try and believe the unbelievable.

Sagittarius
YOU are finding it difficult to stay rational and objective. Too much advice may confuse you all the more. Listen to someone you trust but make up your own mind.

Capricorn
DON'T get too attached to what you cannot keep. This is an excellent time for fresh starts and new initiatives. Someone proves to be more a spectator than a partaker.

Aquarius
YOU want to be admired and you are. Stop fearing that you will find yourself out of depth. Take a chance and jump. You will always manage to stay afloat.

Pisces
YOU find it difficult to seek advice and you must learn to trust others more. Romantically, you seek the perfect dream. And why not?

MARCH 23

NATIONAL Day of Pakistan. Feast day of St Gwinear, St Turibius, St Benedict the Hermit, St Victorian, St Ethelwald the Hermit, and St Joseph Oriol.

1765 The British parliament passed the Stamp Act, imposing a tax on all publications and official documents in America.
1835 Alexander Pope, actor and painter, died.
1848 Sarah Purser, artist, born at Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), County Dublin.
1868 British prime minister WE Gladstone proposed an end to the establishment of the Church of Ireland.
1889 Robert John Gibbings, author of Lovely is the Lee and book designer, born in Cork.
1891 Goal nets, the invention of J A Brodie of Liverpool, were used for the first time in an FA Cup final.
1912 Wernher von Braun, German-born rocket engineer, was born.
1919 In Italy, the Fascist Party was founded by Benito Mussolini.
1921 E W Hornung, author of the Raffles books, died in France. He dedicated his first book to his brother-in-law, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes.
1925 Authorities in the state of Tennessee, USA, forbade the teaching of Darwinian theory in schools.
1956 Pakistan was declared an Islamic republic within the British Commonwealth.
1966 The first official meeting for 400 years between the Catholic and the Anglican churches took place in Rome between Pope Paul VI and Dr Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1971 Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, proclaimed its independence. In Northern Ireland, Brian Faulkner became leader of the Unionist Party and prime minister.
1983 US president Ronald Reagan urged support for a revolutionary defence system, so-called Star Wars, to protect the US from Soviet attack.

On this day last year
A planned mass breakout by IRA prisoners from the Maze Prison was foiled when warders uncovered a tunnel. A Dutch soccer fan was killed in a pitched battle between supporters of Ajax and Feyenoord near Amsterdam.

Birthdays
Princess Eugenie of York, eight; Damon Albarn, pop singer (Blur), 30; Norman Bailey, baritone, 65; Alan Bleasdale, playwright, 52; Joe Calzaghe, boxer, 26; Barry Cryer, writer/comedian, 63; Chaka Khan, singer, 45; Michael Nyman, composer, 54; Marti Pellow, singer (Wet Wet Wet) 32.