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

1 and 8 2006 Melbourne Cup winner ridden by Yasunari Iwata (5,5) 7 and 16 Down 1935 novel by Enid Bagnold (8,6) 8 See 1 Across 10 Shiny-black mineral occurring in pegmatites (10) 12 Coastal resort town in East Lindsey, Lincolnshi­re (8) 14 Board game whose name derives from Latin phrase “I play” (4) 16 Flesh of a calf used as food (4) 17 Name by which the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary were also known (3,5) 20 2012-14 England rugby union scrum-half at Bedford Blues since leaving Northampto­n Saints (3,7) 23 Standard monetary unit of Bahrain (5) 24 US politician; Governor of Louisiana for a third term from 1956-60 (4,4) 25 City and major seaport in Liguria, Italy (5)

DOWN

1 Blanche —, sister-in-law of Stanley Kowalski in 1947 Tennessee Williams stage play A Streetcar Named Desire (6) 2 River that flows to the North Sea at Middlesbro­ugh (4) 3 Maori war chant accompanie­d by gestures (4) 4 and 151982 action film starring Sylvester Stallone and Richard Crenna (5,5) 5 The —, 1816 novel by Sir Walter Scott whose central character is Jonathan Oldbuck (9) 6 Alex —, 1959 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis championsh­ip winner (6) 9 Carlos —, 1990 and 1992 World Rally Drivers’ Championsh­ip winner (5) 11 Small pair of shears with pivoted handles and a single cutting blade (9) 13 Resort town in Belgium with medicinal mineral springs (3) 15 See 4 Down 16 See 7 Across 18 Ancient city on the west coast of Asia Minor now Izmir, Turkey (6) 19 Industrial city in Nord, France; medieval capital of Flanders (5) 21 Nwankwo —, Nigeria 1996 Olympic football gold medal-winning forward; Portsmouth 2008 FA Cup Final winning scorer (4) 22 City in Alpes-maritimes, France, on the Mediterran­ean Sea (4)

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