Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
3 Scottish actress who played Medea in 2010s BBC series Atlantis (3,6)
8 Ancient Greek stringed instrument made of a resonating tortoise shell (4)
9 See 14 Down 10 Samuel —, Nova Scotiaborn founder of a line of steam ships (6)
13 See 17 Across 14 Longest river in New
Zealand (7)
15 See 15 Down
16 City in Central
Anatolia, Turkey southeast of Lake Tuz (7)
17 and 13 Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 1997-2001 (5,5)
21 Bill —, 1920, 1921 and 1930 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis championship winner (6)
22 Game bird such as the ring-necked — or Lady Amherst’s — (8)
23 Cross with a loop on the top that often appears in Egyptian personal names (4)
24 Small wind instrument of the reed organ family also called a mouth organ (9)
DOWN
1 2010 film drama starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis (5,4) 2 Anthony —, Best Actor in a Leading Role
Oscar nominee for A Hatful of Rain (9)
4 Francis —, Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2005-07 (5)
5 Semiaquatic North American rodent valued for its fur (7)
6 1941 Agatha Christie novel featuring Tommy and Tuppence Beresford (1,2,1)
7 Small port and resort in Argyll and Bute, W Scotland (4)
11 David —, actor who starred as
Frankenstein in 1975 action-comedy film Death Race 2000 (9) 12 and 18
1960 Tony Award
Best Play nominee written by Lillian Hellman (4,2,3,5)
14 and 9 Across
1981 stage play by
Alan Ayckbourn (3,8)
15 and 15 Across
Character in 1954 Dylan Thomas radio drama Under Milk Wood portrayed on screen by Peter O’toole and Tom Jones among others (7,3)
18 See 12 Down
19 Wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus in Greek mythology (4) 20 City on the River Lippe in North Rhinewestphalia, Germany, severely damaged in World War II (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
3 Pleasant to taste (9) 8 Pit (4)
9 Feeling no fear or
anxiety (8)
10 Spade-like tool (6) 13 Dosh (5)
14 Without
exception (3,4)
15 Total (3)
16 Stinging plants (7) 17 Steering device (5) 21 Contemporary (6) 22 Horse-riding
event (8)
23 Forehead (4)
24 Restore to a
former rank (9)
DOWN
1 State of finding something
funny (9)
2 Disguised (9)
4 Grown-up (5)
5 Word puzzle (7)
6 Atmosphere (4)
7 Den (4)
11 Become disillusioned (4,5) 12 Famous (4-5)
14 Public transport
vehicle (3)
15 Navigational
instrument (7)
18 Fashionable and
upmarket (5)
19 Exaggerated publicity (4) 20 Flay (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror