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- Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror

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

ACROSS 6 England-born

Scottish golfer;

1976, 1980 and

1985 Nigerian

Open tournament winner (4,8)

8 and 9 Old Testament medium visited by Saul in 1 Samuel 28 (5,2,5)

9 See 8 Across

10 Chief coalmining and industrial region of Germany (4)

12 1997 drama featuring Dominique Swain as the title role (6) 14 German 9 mm calibre automatic pistol (5) 15 City in Hordaland, Norway; second largest in the country (6)

16 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical winner; written by Jonathan Larson (4) 19 One of a race of brutal humans in 1726 Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver’s Travels (5) 21 Dish of rice cooked in stock (7)

22 and 5 Down 1956 drama starring

Rock Hudson and Lauren Bacall (7,2,3,4) DOWN

1 John —, Jacobean dramatist whose plays include

The Island Princess and The Faithful Shepherdes­s (8)

2 Town in Valencia, Spain, noted for the performanc­e of an annual medieval religious drama (5) 3 2011 novel by Terry Pratchett (5)

4 — Concerto, name by which Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Opus 73, is known (7) 5 See 22 Across

6 The —, US comedy team, successor to the East Side Kids, who debuted in 1946’s Live Wires (6,4) 7 Bone connecting the ribs also called the sternum (10)

11 Instance of a batter touching all four bases safely in baseball (3) 12 Standard monetary unit of Romania (3)

13 2003 thriller starring John Cusack and

Ray Liotta (8)

14 Henri —, 1988 French Open men’s singles tennis championsh­ip runner-up (7)

17 R Lee —, actor who played Gny Sgt Hartman in 1987 film drama Full Metal Jacket (5)

18 City in Uusimaa,

Finland, housing the Gallen-kallela Museum (5)

20 Darlene —, 1960 and

1961 US National Championsh­ips singles tennis tournament winner (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

6 One who stirs up a crowd (6-6) 8 Farewell (7)

9 Very light wood (5) 10 Sediment of wine (4) 12 Mild (6)

14 Electricit­y supply (5) 15 Reinforced shoe or boot part (6)

16 Inner surface of the hand (4)

19 Planet’s path (5) 21 Sunshade (7)

22 Before noon (12) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror DOWN 1 No longer in use (8) 2 Card suit (5)

3 Thin porridge (5) 4 Drinking glass (7)

5 Cut or knock down (4) 6 Rule (10)

7 Large fruit (10) 11 Implement for cleaning floors (3) 12 Informatio­n (3) 13 Broadcast (8)

14 Ally or companion (7) 17 Velocity (5) 18 Procession of camels (5)

20 Form a curve (4)

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