Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1 Bobby —, 1939 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (5)
7 Ahmed —, first president
of Algeria (3,5)
8 Alloy of copper and zinc containing more than 50 per cent of the former (5)
10 1991 comedy-drama film starring Ned Beatty and Adrian Dunbar (4,2,4) 12 1994 action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis (4,4) 14 1982 action film starring Jeff
Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner (4)
16 Robert —, author of
1960 stage play A Man for All Seasons (4)
17 Fictional mill town in which 1854 Charles Dickens novel Hard Times is set (8)
20 1911 novel by Edith
Wharton (5,5)
23 State of Malaysia that
occupies N Borneo (5) 24 1966 comedy-drama film starring Donald Pleasence and
Francoise
Dorleac (3-2-3)
25 1979 sci-fi film starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver (5)
DOWN
1 and 6 Actor who played Napoleon Solo in US television series The Man from UNCLE (6,6) 2 Jonathan —, author of novels Every Last Cent and The Ten Word Game (4)
3 — Symphony, nickname of a 1786 work in C major by Joseph Haydn (4)
4 C O —, Kenya player who took 5-24 against Sri Lanka in the 2003 Cricket World Cup (5)
5 North American plant of the poppy family whose underground rhizomes exude red sap when cut (9)
6 See 1 Down
9 Philippe —, rugby union centre; 1982 France Test debutant against Romania (5)
11 Building dating from the 15th century; ceremonial centre of the City of London (9) 13 Umberto —, author of novels The Name of the Rose and
Foucault’s
Pendulum (3)
15 Cathedral city in
Marne, France (5)
16 That part of a firearm behind the barrel or bore (6)
18 Melissa —, author of novels The Nanny,
The Waitress and Persuading Annie (6) 19 Major mountain system
of South America (5)
21 Standard monetary
unit of Brazil (4)
22 British nobleman ranking below a marquis and above a viscount (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror
Crossword
ACROSS
1 One’s home (5)
7 Stoppered
bottle (8)
8 Walks with
difficulty (5)
10 Small
amount (10)
12 Completeness (8) 14 Eye colour (4)
16 Movie (4)
17 Start (8)
20 Easily seen or
detected (10)
23 Shirt part (5)
24 Of late (8)
25 Jeans fabric (5)
DOWN
1 State without proof (6)
2 Undergoes a slight decline (4) 3 Bird’s home (4)
4 Bread salesman (5)
5 Lad (9)
6 Sturdy walking shoe (6)
9 Knowing smile (5)
11 Track and field events (9)
13 Cardinal number (3)
15 Odour (5)
16 Ostentatious clothes or
decoration (6)
18 Symbol (6)
19 Barely sufficient (5)
21 Afflicts (4)
22 Lack of difficulty (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror