Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS 3 and 13 2002 novel by Alice Sebold ( 3,6,5) 8 Sultanate in southeast Arabia; capital Muscat ( 4)

9 1972- 73 and 1973- 74 National Hunt champion jockey ( 3,5) 10 William —, composer of opera Rosina;

Master of the King’s Musick from 1817- 29 ( 6) 13 See 3 Across

14 1976 comedy- drama film starring Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke and Richard Pryor ( 3,4)

15 and 20 Down Capital of Costa Rica ( 3,4) 16 Aquatic salamander also called a Mexican walking fish ( 7)

17 Fourth son of Jacob in the Old Testament ( 5) 21 1955 novel by

Vladimir Nabokov ( 6) 22 North American card game for two or more players similar to bezique ( 8) 23 Organisation also called the Joint State Political Directorate that formed the

Soviet secret police from 1923- 34 ( 4)

24 1975 novel by

Stephen King ( 6,3) DOWN 1 1958 comedy- drama film starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren ( 9) 2 Former Newcastle Falcons and CA Brive rugby union centre; 2001 England Test debutant against Canada ( 5,4)

4 Tom —, actor who played Bane in 2012 action film The Dark Knight Rises ( 5) 5 Science fiction book series by

Edward Elmer Smith including prequel Triplanetary ( 7)

6 River in South Africa that joins the

Orange River west of Kimberley ( 4)

7 Jack —, actor who played Steve Mcgarrett in US television series Hawaii Five- O from 1968- 80 ( 4) 11 Dorothy —,

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Oscar nominee for Carmen Jones ( 9) 12 Breed of small dog originating in Mexico ( 9)

14 1983 novel by Bernard

Maclaverty ( 3)

15 Largest city and capital of Newfoundland and Labrador,

Canada ( 2,5)

18 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff opera after Alexander Pushkin’s poem

The Gypsies ( 5) 19 University city in Tuscany, Italy, housing a famous leaning tower ( 4)

20 See 15 Across

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror