Quizword & Crossword

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

ACROSS

6 The —, 1976 novel by Stan Barstow (5,4,3) 8 1970s BBC TV drama series starring Jack Hedley and Edward

Hardwicke (7)

9 Edward —, English pirate also known as Blackbeard who died in 1718 (5)

10 Aircraft firm founded by Alliott Verdon Roe in 1910 (4)

12 — Bay, large inlet of northern South Island, New Zealand, whose chief towns include Nelson (6) 14 Sarah —, Republican candidate for vice president of the

US in 2008 (5)

15 2001 film drama starring

Sean Penn and

Michelle

Pfeiffer (1,2,3)

16 Tiny brown bird with a fine bill and short narrow tail (4) 19 Point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer (5) 21 Mediterranean variety of wild marjoram (7)

22 2012 novel by crime writing duo

Nicci French (8,4)

DOWN

1 Standard unit of currency of Bhutan (8)

2 and 18 1993 novel by Carl Hiaasen (5,5)

3 and 6 2018 romcom starring Constance Wu and Henry Golding (5,4,6) 4 The —, 1964 film drama starring

Henry Fonda and

Cliff Robertson (4,3) 5 Former Indian copper coin worth one sixteenth of a rupee (4) 6 See 3 Down

7 2010 romcom starring Kristen Bell and Josh

Duhamel (4,2,4) 11 Twining plant cultivated for its edible tuber (3)

12 and 20 The —, 1979 film drama starring David Bennent based on a 1959 novel by Gunter Grass (3,4) 13 Gerardus —, 16th-century Flemish cartographer and mathematician (8) 14 Riccardo —, 1977-93 F1 motor racing driver; 1992 Japanese GP winner (7)

17 Lindsay —, actress who played Maggie Peyton in 2005 family film Herbie:

Fully Loaded (5) 18 See 2 Down 20 See 12 Down Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

ACROSS

6 Musical instrument (12)

8 Senior naval officer (7) 9 Ancient artefact (5) 10 Basin with a water supply (4) 12 Pancake mix (6)

14 Don (3,2)

15 Excessively (6)

16 White froth on beer (4)

19 Unspoken (5)

21 Link (7)

22 Forgetful, inattentive (6-6)

DOWN

1 Start (8)

2 Woman’s outer garment (5)

3 Corner (5)

4 Austere (7)

5 Touch (4) 6 Rank-and-file members (5,5) 7 Officially recognised (10)

11 Figure burnt on a bonfire (3) 12 Engage in pugilism (3) 13 Decompression sickness (3,5)

14 Large flat dish (7) 17 Sharp or severe (5) 18 Escargot (5)

20 Solid block (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror