Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 British singersongwriter; winner of 15 Grammy Awards between 2009-17 (5)
7 Hampshire home of the National Motor Museum (8)
8 King —, Best Director Oscar nominee for
War and Peace and The Citadel (5)
10 Nigeria 1994 and
1998 FIFA World Cup goalkeeper (5,5)
12 Second largest city in
Puebla, Mexico (8)
14 Joiner in Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream (4)
16 City in Valle del
Cauca, SW Colombia, that hosted the 1971 Pan American
Games (4)
17 and 19 Down
The —, 1987 adventure film starring Cary
Elwes and Mandy Patinkin (8,5)
20 US actress who co-wrote and appeared as Carol Benson in 1992 comedy-drama film Peter’s Friends (4,6) 23 Dorothy —, 1934 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (5)
24 Pseudonym of Marie-henri Beyle, French author of novel The Charterhouse of Parma (8)
25 Maxim —, author of stage plays The Lower Depths and Children of the Sun (5)
DOWN
1 and 18 First day of the liturgical year in
Western Christianity, falling on any date between November 27 and December 3 (6,6)
2 Commonest basic pattern of the human fingerprint (4)
3 Collective noun for a
group of badgers (4)
4 Donald —, undisputed world Welterweight boxing champion from 1985-86 (5)
5 Black-skinned wine
grape of California (9)
6 Alan —, English computer scientist portrayed on screen by Derek Jacobi and Benedict Cumberbatch (6)
9 Middle daughter of
King Lear in the William Shakespeare play of that name (5)
11 W Somerset Maugham short story in 1926 collection The
Casuarina Tree adapted for the stage in 1927 (3,6)
13 See 21 Down
15 Kornelia —, 1976 Olympic 100m and 200m freestyle swimming gold medallist (5)
16 David —, actor who starred as David Corelli in 1995 crime drama film Jade (6)
18 See 1 Down
19 See 17 Across
21 and 13 2002 novel
by Iain Banks (4,3)
22 Henry —, 1978 Commonwealth 5,000m gold medallist (4)
Crossword ACROSS
1 Quickly (5)
7 Food of the gods (8)
8 Keen (5)
10 Take the lead or make
good progress (5,5) 12 Without error,
precise (8)
14 Horse-drawn
vehicle (4)
16 Puzzle-solving
aid (4)
17 Lily-livered (8)
20 Animosity (3-7)
23 Strong, resilient (5) 24 Counteracting
remedy (8)
25 Serene joy (5)
DOWN
1 Schedule (6)
2 Musical pitch
indicator (4)
3 Thick polluted mist (4) 4 Wide (5)
5 In respect of (2,7)
6 Brigand (6)
9 Bellows (5)
11 True existence (9)
13 Overly (3)
15 Lean and haggard (5) 16 Culminating point (6) 18 Sailing vessels (6)
19 Prepared (5)
21 Overdue (4)
22 Objective (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror