Irish Daily Mirror

Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

6 Coastal resort of Andalusia, Spain, southwest of Malaga (12) 8 2000 Olympic men’s 4 x 100m swimming medley gold and 100m breaststro­ke silver medallist (2,5)

9 1996 novel by

Melvyn Bragg (5)

10 Greg —, author of novels Dead Sleep and Sleep No More (4) 12 Plant of SE Asia cultivated for its hot, fragrant spice (6)

14 2008 novel by

Danielle Steel (5)

15 Ruth —, Best

Actress in a

Supporting Role

Oscar nominee for

The Philadelph­ia

Story (6)

16 and 17 Down Mother of Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII (4,5) 19 1986 LP record by Public Image Ltd (5) 21 Arthur —, 19th-century French poet whose volumes include A Season in Hell (7)

22 and 1 Down 1940 story collection by

P G Wodehouse featuring the tales Sonny Boy and Buttercup Day (4,5,3,8)

DOWN

1 See 22 Across 2 Hermann —, author of novels The Glass Bead Game and Knulp (5) 3 Bob —, Best Director Oscar winner for Cabaret (5) 4 See 12 Down

5 See 6 Down

6 and 5 UK road safety manual and rule book first published in 1931 (3,7,4) 7 1980s BBC TV sitcom starring George Cole in the title role as

Reg Dudgeon (7,3)

11 Chris —, 2008 and

2012 Olympic track cycling keirin gold medallist (3)

12 and 4 Director of films Swept Away and Sherlock Holmes (3,7) 13 City in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, northeast of

Porto Alegre (8)

14 2011 novel by Patricia Cornwell (3,4)

17 See 16 Across 18 Organic compound derived from ammonia (5)

20 1990s BBC TV action-drama series starring Jaye Griffiths and Jesse Birdsall (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

6 Endurance (7,5) 8 Craftsman (7) 9 Deduce (5)

10 Cupid (4) 12 Idiosyncra­sy (6) 14 Non-christian (5) 15 Ludicrous (6) 16 Elderly (4) 19 Betting odds (5) 21 Stain (7)

22 Cricket shot (7,5)

DOWN

1 Guarded (8)

2 Wash through (5) 3 Great pain (5)

4 Skyline (7)

5 Unable to hear (4) 6 Bashful or modest (10) 7 Amity (10)

11 Roll of banknotes (3) 12 Distant (3)

13 Musical instrument (8) 14 Thrive (7)

17 Chasm (5)

18 Raising agent (5) 20 Water jug (4)

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