Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 Adam —, US actor who played Benjamin Danz in 2005 action-comedy film Mr & Mrs Smith (5) 7 1978 stage play by Harold Pinter (8) 8 Southernmost of the Inner Hebrides off the Scottish coast (5) 10 2010-18 Widnes

Vikings head coach; Wigan 1995

Man of Steel award winner (5,5) 12 1944 Alfred Hitchcock film drama starring Tallulah Bankhead and William Bendix (8) 14 Large mammal also known as a killer whale (4) 16 Ornamental mineral varying in colour from white to green (4) 17 1980 Sam Shepard stage play (4,4)

20 1971 film comedy starring Dick Van Dyke and Pippa Scott (4,6) 23 1998 animated film based on a Chinese legend whose title character is voiced by Ming-na Wen (5) 24 Gigantic beast described in

Job 40:15 in the

Old Testament (8) 25 African republic; capital Libreville (5)

DOWN

1 Lake —, large body of water in SE Siberia; UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1996 (6)

2 and 13 2002 novel by Iain Banks (4,3) 3 Standard unit of currency of Ghana (4) 4 Gert —, actor who played the title role in 1964 action film Goldfinger (5)

5 and 11 The —,

1794 novel by Mrs

Ann Radcliffe (9,2,7) 6 US state; capital Juneau (6) 9 Frank —, author of novels The Foxes of Harrow and

The Voyage Unplanned (5) 11 See 5 Down 13 See 2 Down

15 Port in Para,

Brazil, on the

Para River (5)

16 W W —, English author of 1902 short story collection The Lady of the Barge (6)

18 2018 horror film featuring Bonnie Aarons in the title role (3,3)

19 Terence —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Billy Budd (5)

21 Philip —, author of novels The Plot Against America and Portnoy’s Complaint (4)

22 US city housing the Arizona

Western College (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

Crossword ACROSS

1 Punctuation mark (5) 7 Abstaining from alcohol (8) 8 Tennis surface (5) 10 Soft fruit (10) 12 Indefatigable (8) 14 Smack (4)

16 Go by boat (4)

17 Prison term (8) 20 Position of avoiding attention (3-7)

23 Tease with jeers (5)

24 Motion (8)

25 Guide a vehicle (5) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

DOWN

1 Young swan (6)

2 Be too late to catch (4) 3 Second

Greek letter (4) 4 Counterfoils (5) 5 Alarming (9)

6 Cause trouble (4,2) 9 Lacking freshness (5) 11 Sudden clever idea (9) 13 Understand (3)

15 One of two long poles for walking on (5) 16 Highly-spiced sausage (6) 18 Newspaper boss (6) 19 Fragrance (5)

21 Locate (4)

22 Compass point (4)