Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

6 Market town in Cheshire on the River Bollin (12)

8 Racecourse at which the Grand National is run (7)

9 C H —, West Indies Test cricketer who hit 333 against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2010 (5)

10 The part of an eyeball consisting of the iris, ciliary body and choroid (4)

12 Thomas —, English philosopher who authored 1651 book Leviathan (6)

14 C Auguste —, detective creation of Edgar Allan Poe who first appeared in 1841’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue (5)

15 London railway station

opened in 1837 (6)

16 Large mammal also known as a killer whale (4)

19 Colourless gas which forms a layer within the Earth’s atmosphere (5)

21 See 6 Down

22 1909 ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine with music arranged from piano works by

Frederic Chopin (3,9)

DOWN

1 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller starring Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter (1,7) 2 Roman goddess of

flowers (5)

3 Genus of plants with white, blue, purple or pink daisy-like flowers (5)

4 Walter —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Mrs Miniver (7)

5 Stage play in one act by Samuel Beckett first performed in English in 1964 (4)

6 and 21 Across

William Shakespeare play featuring the characters Froth and Abhorson (7,3,7)

7 The —, 1970s ITV action-comedy series starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis (10)

11 Member of a warlike nomadic people of Central Asia and Eastern Europe whose leaders included Attila and Bleda (3)

12 Berry-like fruit of a

rose plant (3)

13 Region of E France

famous for its wines (8) 14 City in E Ukraine on the Kalmius River whose former names include Stalino (7)

17 Small marine food fish of the salmon family (5)

18 Charles —, French film pioneer who died in 1957 (5)

20 River that forms part of the border between Germany and

Poland (4)

Crossword ACROSS

6 Quirk (12)

8 White ant (7)

9 Weird (5)

10 Therefore (4) 12 Inflatable

mattress (3,3) 14 Of a city or

citizens (5)

15 Person who damages property (6)

16 Poker stake (4) 19 Of the nose (5) 21 Lower back

pain (7)

22 Importance (12)

DOWN

1 Gaseous element (8)

2 Savoury jelly (5)

3 Directly below (5)

4 Poison (7)

5 Operator (4)

6 As it turns out (2,3,5)

7 Intrusive (10)

11 Nothing (3)

12 Point a weapon at a

target (3)

13 Large handkerchief or

neckerchief (8)

14 Vocation (7)

17 Deliberate deception (5) 18 Slap (5)

20 Rotate (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror