Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

3 Apostle also called Saul of Tarsus (5,4) 8 Number of sheets of paper equal to 20 quires (4)

9 City and port on the Gulf of Mexico occupied by the US during the Tampico Affair of 1914 (8) 10 16th-century art gallery in

Florence, Italy (6) 13 British singer-songwriter; winner of 15

Grammy Awards between 2009-17 (5) 14 Ancient Celtic festival celebrated on May Day (7) 15 Adolphe —, inventor of the saxophone (3)

16 See 21 Across

17 Paul —, Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall from 1992-2005 (5)

21 and 16 Vissel Kobe and former Barcelona midfielder; Spain

2010 FIFA World Cup Final scorer (6,7) 22 Miguel —, Spanish cyclist; 1991-95 winner of the

Tour de France (8) 23 Asian bean plant whose nutritious seeds are used as food and forage (4) 24 Powerful whirlpool whose name derives from the Moskstraumen system in the Lofoten archipelago off the coast of Norway (9)

DOWN

1 Genus of evergreen conifers that includes the monkey puzzle tree (9) 2 Genus of tropical

Asian parasitic plants that smell of putrid meat (9)

4 Bone in the ear also called the incus (5) 5 Portico at the west end of a basilica or church, especially one at right angles to the nave (7)

6 Small disc of rubber used in ice hockey (4) 7 Ancient city of

Sumer whose rulers included the legendary Gilgamesh (4) 11 See 19 Down 12 Tigran —, 1963-69 World Chess Championship title holder (9)

14 Cry of a sheep (3) 15 James —,

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Oscar winner for The Philadelphia Story (7) 18 Tropical Asian tree with orange-yellow ovoid fruit (5)

19 and 11 Actress who played the title role in 2016 sci-fi and horror film Morgan (4,6-3) 20 Constable in

William Shakespeare stage play Love’s Labour’s Lost (4)

Crossword ACROSS

3 Applicant (9)

8 Plant with showy flowers (4) 9 Pattern or model (8) 10 Star sign (6)

13 Cause slight anger to (5)

14 Table game (7) 15 Hairpiece (3)

16 Pistol case (7)

17 Church decree or law (5)

21 State of being rich (6) 22 Mortgage (4,4)

23 Data (4)

24 Spectators, witnesses (9)

DOWN

1 Book about a person’s life (9)

2 Take apart (9)

4 Savoury meat jelly (5) 5 Sweetheart (7)

6 Extinct creature (4) 7 Roman gown (4)

11 Miser (9)

12 Police baton (9) 14 Knight’s title (3)

15 State of being married (7) 18 Legal possessor (5)

19 Become a member (4) 20 Male protagonist (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror