Irish Daily Mirror

Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

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QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

6 1972 Australian Open women’s singles tennis championsh­ip winner (8,4) 8 Louis —, US craftsman who created the Favrile style of stained glass (7) 9 James —, director of 1930s horror films Frankenste­in, The Old Dark House and The Invisible Man (5) 10 David —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Bridge on the River Kwai (4) 12 Part of the body also called an axilla (6) 14 and 18 Down Song with words by David Garrick first performed in pantomime Harlequin’s Invasion in 1760 (5,2,3) 15 Daniel —, 1996 Olympic Light Flyweight boxing gold medallist (6) 16 Alcoholic drink made by fermenting a solution of honey (4) 19 Colourless radioactiv­e element; symbol Rn (5) 21 1999 stage play by Roy Williams (4,3) 22 1969 film musical starring Shirley Maclaine in the title role (5,7)

DOWN

1 Francois —, Best Director Oscar nominee for La nuit américaine (8) 2 City in Lombardy; chief financial centre of Italy (5) 3 One of a number of prophetess­es in ancient Greece and Rome such as that of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld (5) 4 Plant in the mustard family such as the Water — (7) 5 Prose — or Younger —, guide to Icelandic poetry by historian Snorri Sturluson (4) 6 The —, 1906 story collection by Neil Munro featuring the mariner Para Handy (5,5) 7 Irish singer-actor whose roles have included Ciaran Mccarthy in ITV soap Coronation Street (5,5) 11 Standard currency of Bulgaria (3) 12 Jean —, Strasbourg-born artist also known by the first name Hans whose works include 1938 sculpture Growth (3) 13 Administra­tive capital of South Africa in Gauteng province (8) 14 Seaside resort in East Yorkshire known for its pottery (7) 17 Pulverized wool or felt applied to paper to produce a texture or pattern (5) 18 See 14 Across 20 Dick —, character in 1872 Thomas Hardy novel Under the Greenwood Tree in love with Fancy Day (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

6 Evergreen flowering shrub (12) 8 Line on a map (7) 9 Deduce (5) 10 Bucket (4) 12 Whips (6) 14 Christmas hymn (5) 15 Form a cylindrica­l shape (4,2) 16 Approximat­ely (2,2) 19 Vagrant (5) 21 Women’s bedroom or small private room (7) 22 Understand wrongly (12)

DOWN

1 Towards the bottom of a slope (8) 2 Bedtime drink (5) 3 Paris undergroun­d (5) 4 Naval commander (7) 5 Outdoor sport (4) 6 Recover from illness (10) 7 Noble (10) 11 Diagram of the Earth’s surface (3) 12 Throw high in the air (3) 13 Gives shelter or protection to (8) 14 Guilty person (7) 17 Assists in a crime (5) 18 Spicy dish (5) 20 Among (4)

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