Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 1987 novel by Carl Hiaasen featuring the character Dickie Lockhart (6,6)
8 City in the central Netherlands housing the Dom Tower (7)
9 Family of violin makers active in Cremona,
Italy, in the 16th and 17th centuries (5)
10 Long-legged wading bird such as the Sacred — or Straw-necked — (4) 12 and 19 US author of 1952 historical novel Shiloh (6,5)
14 Dark reddish-brown pigment obtained from the inky secretion of the cuttlefish (5)
15 Anatole —, French winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature (6)
16 River in Spain that flows to the Mediterranean southwest of
Tarragona (4)
19 See 12 Across 21 Shridath —, Commonwealth Secretary-general from 1975-90 (7)
22 2000 film comedy starring Tim Meadows and Karyn
Parsons (3,6,3)
DOWN
1 Town destroyed in 1937 by German bombers during the Spanish Civil War (8)
2 and 17
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for In Old Chicago (5,5)
3 The —, 1980 children’s
book by Roald Dahl (5) 4 Julia —, actress who played Saffron in BBC TV sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (7)
5 1816 novel by Jane
Austen (4)
6 Former Edinburgh Rugby wing whose 2014 Scotland Test debut was against Wales (6,4)
7 Michigan-born
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Oscar nominee for Nashville (4,6)
11 Insect such as the Mason — or Carpenter — (3)
12 Alastair —, actor who played the title role in 1951 film drama Scrooge (3)
13 Giacomo Puccini opera whose world premiere was in Turin in 1896 (2,6)
14 Karl Wilhelm —, 18th-century chemist who discovered oxygen independently of Priestley (7)
17 See 2 Down
18 New town in the NE Netherlands developed since
World War II (5)
20 Island in central
Hawaii whose chief town is Honolulu (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror
Crossword
ACROSS
6 Planned
beforehand (12)
8 Not artificial (7)
9 Semiaquatic African
mammal (5)
10 Slightly open (4)
12 Beat soundly (6)
14 Hot and sticky (5)
15 Cardinal number (6) 16 Wound mark (4)
19 Find the
sum of (3,2)
21 Acutely vigilant or
observant (3,4)
22 Process of collecting together (12)
DOWN
1 Lawsuit that sets a
precedent (4,4)
2 Facial hair (5)
3 Slays (5)
4 Explosive missile part (7) 5 Shed tears (4)
6 Shrove Tuesday (7,3)
7 Likeness (10)
11 Religious sister (3)
12 Hairpiece (3)
13 Act of choosing something at random (5,3)
14 Assist (4,3)
17 Fact (5)
18 Sheep’s cry (5)
20 Numbered cube (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror