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 Vorticist painter; author of novels The Revenge for Love and The Apes of God (7,5)

8 Whalebone whale also

called a finback (7)

9 Name, until 1989, of SE Asian country Myanmar (5)

10 In Mexican cookery, a tortilla folded into a roll with a filling and fried (4)

12 Minnie —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Good Will Hunting (6) 14 Michael —, composer whose works include 1986 opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (5)

15 Administra­tive centre

of Devon (6)

16 Guy —, 1976 Olympic 110m hurdles gold medallist (4)

19 Swiss grated potato pancake sometimes flavoured with bacon (5)

21 1963 adventure film starring Robert Mitchum and Elsa Martinelli (7)

22 1976 novel by Alan

Garner (3,5,4)

DOWN

1 Piece of music performed during an interval between two acts of a play or opera (8)

2 The —, 1978 horror film starring Alan Bates based on a short story by Robert Graves (5)

3 Chris —, snooker player; 2002 LG Cup tournament winner (5) 4 Katharine —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Morning Glory (7)

5 Standard unit of

currency of Ethiopia (4) 6 1996 novel by Fay

Weldon (5,5)

7 Small butterfly with striped markings under the wings such as the white-letter — (10)

11 Port in SW Scotland housing the Wallace Tower (3)

12 2007 novel by A L

Kennedy (3)

13 Nia —, actress who wrote and starred in 2002 comedy-drama film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (8) 14 Woman-in-waiting of Portia in William Shakespear­e play The Merchant of Venice (7) 17 Unreactive element of the rare gas series used in electric lights; symbol Ar (5) 18 Yellowish-brown hard translucen­t fossil resin used for jewellery (5) 20 Mort —, Canada-born comedian who penned 1976 autobiogra­phy Heartland (4)

Crossword

ACROSS

6 Tennis match

type (5,7)

8 Pantries (7)

9 Feel (5)

10 Be unsuccessf­ul (4) 12 Winner (6)

14 Belong or

conform (3,2)

15 Star sign (6)

16 Arm or leg (4)

19 Beginning (5)

21 Soft laugh (7)

22 Sanctioned by

custom (4-8)

DOWN

1 Physical effort (8)

2 Loafer (5)

3 Slack (5)

4 Refrain from voting (7) 5 Dandy (4)

6 Criminal (10)

7 Rich crumbly

biscuit (10)

11 Broadcast (3)

12 By way of (3)

13 Practice of

deception (8)

14 Plume (7)

17 Thespian (5)

18 Private teacher (5)

20 Flay (4)

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