Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 and 7 Down 2002 novel by Sophie Kinsella ( 10,4,3,4) Philip —, Foreign Secretary from 2014- 16 ( 7) Central and
South American omnivorous mammal of the raccoon family ( 5) Bob —, General Secretary of the RMT from
2002- 14 ( 4)
Herring- like food fish whose roe is valued as a delicacy ( 4)
Variety of lettuce with a long slender head ( 3)
Loch —, body of water in Scotland east of Fort William between Loch Treig and Loch Ericht ( 6) John —, actor who played Jonathan Carnahan in action films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns ( 6) Internationally recognised distress signal used by ships and aircraft ( 1,1,1)
20 and 21 Sports stadium in Auckland, New Zealand; 2011 Rugby World Cup Final venue ( 4,4)
21 See 20 Across 23 Augustus —,
London- born artist and traveller attached to HMS Beagle from 1831- 32 ( 5)
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9
10
11
12
14
15
18 24 Virginie —, 2007 Japan Open singles tennis tournament winner ( 7) 25 1978 novel
by Molly Parkin ( 10)
DOWN
P V —, West Indies Test cricketer who hit 110 against Australia in Melbourne in 1992 ( 7) 2 See 22 Down
3 See 6 Down
4 Native or inhabitant of the Orkney
Islands ( 8)
Old Testament father of Jacob and Esau ( 5)
6, 3 and 17 1861 novel by Charles Reade ( 3,8,3,3,6)
7 See 1 Across 13 Roger —, Irish nationalist hanged by the British for treason in 1916 ( 8) Emile —, France and Toulouse rugby union wing; first player to score a try in the
Heineken Cup ( 7)
17 See 6 Down
19 Small mouse- like long- snouted mammal such as the common — ( 5)
22 and 2 1907 novel by L Frank
Baum ( 4,2,2)
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5
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Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
1 8
9 10 11 12 14 15 18 20 21 23 24 25
Rule or directive ( 10) Passenger pick- up point ( 3,4) Stadium ( 5)
Domesticate ( 4) Formerly ( 4)
Weaken ( 3)
Final result ( 6)
Mark of disgrace ( 6) Faucet ( 3)
Midday ( 4)
Is obliged to ( 4)
Group of eight ( 5) Relating to water ( 7) In large quantities ( 2,3,5)
DOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6
7
13 16
17 19 22
Begins again ( 7) Swinging barrier ( 4)
Of a wolf ( 6)
Parody ( 8)
Cookers ( 5)
Obstacle or blockage ( 11)
Negligent professional behaviour ( 11)
Excellent, first class ( 3- 5) Excessively greedy eater ( 7)
Yellow- belly ( 6)
Glazing paste ( 5)
Bee sound ( 4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror