Irish Daily Mirror

Quizword & Crossword

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

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Quizword ACROSS

6 Tsar of Russia from

1598-1605 (5,7)

8

9 European freshwater fish with olive-green skin and orange-red eyes (5)

10 Species of wild mountain goat of Asia, Europe and North Africa (4)

12 North American tree of the custard apple family (6)

14 Eurasian plant whose aromatic leaves are used as herbs for seasoning (5)

15 Silvery-white element; symbol Na (6)

16 Usain —, 2008 and 2012 Olympic men’s 100m and 200m gold medallist (4)

19 Town that served as the port of ancient Rome (5)

21 Hungarian stew of meat and vegetables seasoned with paprika (7)

22 Actor who starred opposite Neil Morrissey in Men Behaving Badly (6,6)

See 11 Down

DOWN

1 2015 biopic starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page (8)

2 Old Testament father

of Jacob and Esau (5) 3 Charles —, US golfer; winner of the 1971 Masters Tournament (5)

4 Standard monetary unit of Guatemala (7)

5 Capital of West Germany from 1949-90 (4)

6 2000 film comedy featuring, directed and co-written by Christophe­r

Guest (4,2,4)

7 1983 children’s book

by Roald Dahl (3,7)

11 and 8 Across Playwright whose works include 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winner

Buried Child (3,7)

12 Mammal from which

pork is obtained (3) 13 Local anaestheti­c

used in dentistry (8) 14 Ettore —, Italy-born car manufactur­er who died in France in 1947 (7)

17 Former name of Hagatna, capital of the Pacific island of Guam (5)

18 Carnivorou­s marsupial native to Australia and

New Guinea such as the Tiger — or Bronze — (5)

20 Large tree of the East Indies that yields a valuable wood (4)

Crossword ACROSS

6 Rodent type (4,8)

8 Rues (7)

9 Of sound or

hearing (5)

10 Performs (4)

12 Cause to

remember (6)

14 Heathen (5)

15 Sensitive (6)

16 Percussion

instrument (4)

19 Confused,

uncertain (2,3)

21 Lower back pain (7) 22 Especially (12)

DOWN

1 Make more intense (8)

2 Wonky (5)

3 Rupture (5)

4 Widen (7)

5 Plant ovule (4)

6 Huge (10)

7 Smug and

sanctimoni­ous (5-5)

11 Drinks counter (3)

12 Knock (3)

13 Worship of false gods (8) 14 Football sanction (7)

17 Pull out feathers (5)

18 Stink (5)

20 Unsolicite­d emails (4)

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