Quizword & Crossword

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

1 North American woodland plant of the buttercup family whose yellow root is used for digestive and pelvic inflammatory disorders (10)

8 Cathedral city in Haute-vienne, central France, famous for its ceramics industry (7) 9 Garlic mayonnaise (5) 10 City in Valle del Cauca, SW Colombia, that hosted the 1971 Pan American Games (4) 11 2000 biopic about James Joyce featuring Susan Lynch in the title role (4)

12 Diving bird of northern oceans with a black and white plumage (3) 14 Christopher —, 2002 Hamburg Marathon men’s race winner (6)

15 and 25 Actress who played the title role in 1989 biopic

Blaze (6,10) 18 and 7 Down Rugby union flanker; 1967 New Zealand Test debutant against France (3,11) 20 Ancient Phoenician port in southern

Lebanon known for the production of a rare sort of purple dye (4) 21 River rising in northern France that flows through Belgium into the North Sea at Nieuwpoort (4) 23 Walter —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1929 (5) 24 Francois —, winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature (7) 25 See 15 Across

DOWN

1 Type of percussion orchestra common in the East Indies (7) 2 Racing toboggan on which riders lie supine (4) 3 London railway station opened in 1837 (6)

4 2005 Broadway stage musical adapted from 1975 film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail (8) 5 Monetary unit of Israel worth one hundredth of a shekel (5)

6 2001 comedy film starring Martin

Lawrence and Marsha Thomason (5,6) 7 See 18 Across 13 Moses —, 1995 World Championships 3,000m steeplechase gold medallist (8) 16 Administrative centre of Suffolk (7) 17 Dalton —, author of novels Eclipse and Johnny Got His Gun (6) 19 Parminder —, actress who played Dr Neela Rasgotra in US television series ER (5) 22 Long-haired sheepdog also called a Hungarian Water Dog (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Tall building (5,5) 8 Panther (7)

9 Two times (5)

10 Mound of drifted sand (4)

11 Masculine (4) 12 Equipment (3)

14 Wall pass in football (3-3)

15 Priest or religious leader (6)

18 Drinking venue (3) 20 Sheltered place (4) 21 Gemstone (4)

23 Rustic (5)

24 Persevere (7) 25 Without clothes (5,5)

DOWN

1 Thrash (7)

2 Lacking strength (4) 3 Provocation (3,3) 4 Recently (8)

5 Baby bird (5)

6 Large heavy shoes (11) 7 Make wild hand movements (11) 13 Fraudster (8) 16 Responded (7) 17 Voucher (6)

19 Brimless cap (5)

22 Long journey on foot (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror