Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Simon —, member of boy band Blue; contestant on 2014 BBC TV series Strictly Come Dancing (5)
4 Tropical evergreen tree whose dried flower buds are used as a spice (5)
10 and 23 1981 novel by
J G Ballard (5,7)
11 and 25 Venue in
New Hampshire, US, of a 1944 conference that resulted in the establishment of the World Bank (7,5)
12 Ancient city state on the coast of North Africa founded by Phoenician traders (8)
13 Uncastrated male pig (4)
15 Elongated marine fish such as the Common — with a sucking disc on the top of its head (6)
17 Island of Greece in the Saronic Gulf south of Salamis (6)
19 Island in the Inner Hebrides; site of an abbey founded by St Columba (4)
20 Symmetrical curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side (8)
23 See 10 Across 24 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich —, German idealist philosopher who died in 1831 (5)
25 See 11 Across 26 Gunter —, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature (5)
DOWN
2 Leonhard —, 18th-century mathematician noted for his work on the calculus of variation (5)
3 See 7 Down
5 Town and administrative headquarters of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (4)
6 D L —, New Zealand Test cricketer who took 5-69 against England at Lord’s in 2008 (7)
7 and 3 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel featuring the character Madame de Franchi (3,8,8)
8 Victor —, rugby union prop; 1992 England
Test debutant against Canada (5)
9 2000 film thriller starring
Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson (11) 14 Figure of speech in which an expression applied to one thing is used to designate another (8)
16 Round cap with a flap at the back worn by hunters (7)
18 Daniel Francois —, prime minister of
South Africa from 1948-54 (5)
21 Regulatory agency set up in 1986 to oversee the British Gas Corporation (5)
22 Small young herring usually prepared and canned in Norway (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
1 Roughly built hut (5)
4 Lucifer (5)
10 Sound (5)
11 Amazing event (7)
12 Rough
calculation (8)
13 Indian dress (4)
15 Abrupt rejection (6)
17 Gavel (6)
19 Percussion
instrument (4)
20 Improving the
appearance only (8)
23 Windpipe (7)
24 Examination of
accounts (5)
25 Simple song (5)
26 Confuse (5)
DOWN
2 Lift up (5)
3 Take the best part
from (5,3)
5 Hairstyle (4)
6 Acknowledge
publicly (7)
7 Question closely (11)
8 Vacuous (5)
9 Give or feel in
return (11)
14 Agricultural
worker (4,4)
16 Below (7)
18 Holy book of
Islam (5)
21 Relating to the
sea’s movement (5)
22 Skinny (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror