Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Board game for two played with pieces moved according to throws of a die (10)

8 The —, 1990 crime film starring Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen (3,4) 9 Jane —, actress who played Sue Sylvester in US television series Glee (5)

10 and 11 1990 novel by Jonathan Kellerman (4,4)

11 See 10 Across

12 Wild animal of Tibet with long horns and shaggy hair (3)

14 Rene —, French F1 driver; 1983 Dutch GP winner (6) 15 F —, English author of novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa (6) 18 Venomous snake that reputedly caused the death of Cleopatra (3) 20 Tourist town in

Kent on the English Channel housing a 16th-century castle (4) 21 In weaving, yarn woven across the width of a fabric (4) 23 Martin —, 2010 and

2011 winner of the

BDO World Darts Championship (5) 24 Independent state in the Persian Gulf whose capital is

Manama (7)

25 Name by which pirate Edward Teach was known (10)

DOWN

1 Impure mixture of hydrocarbons used as a road surfacing and roofing material (7) 2 See 7 Down 3 2009 drama starring Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek and

Bill Murray (3,3)

4 David —, 2001-13

Labour MP for South Shields; Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2006-07 (8)

5 Town in the Borough of Milton Keynes associated with a Shrove Tuesday pancake race (5)

6 River in SE Iraq formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (5,2-4)

7 and 2 Comedy team whose silent films include Hoffmeyer’s Legacy and The Bangville

Police (3,8,4)

13 1966 comedy-drama starring Donald Pleasence and Francoise Dorleac (3-2-3)

16 1911 novel by

Arnold Bennett (3,4)

17 Tree native to Africa and northern Australia also called a monkey bread tree (6)

19 Substance associated with a 30th wedding anniversary (5)

22 Wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus in

Greek mythology (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Seemingly (10)

8 Without weapons (7) 9 Messy liquid substance (5)

10 Betting chances (4) 11 Opening for coins (4) 12 Consume food (3)

14 Hand digit (6) 15 Pungent-tasting bulb (6) 18 Animal doctor (3) 20 Discharge (4)

21 Maori war chant (4) 23 Unify (5)

24 Rough or tight embrace (4,3)

25 Tall building (10)

DOWN

1 Give up altogether (7) 2 Cougar (4)

3 Large meshed sieve (6) 4 Bedtime drink (8) 5 Horseman’s spear (5) 6 Regarded with disapproval (3,2,6) 7 Underwater bomb (5,6)

13 Football officials (8) 16 Tanned and dressed hide (7)

17 Wood as a building material (6)

19 Dense (5)

22 Lighting device (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror