Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

6 Northern Irish golfer; winner of The Open Championship in 2011 (6,6)

8 2008 film comedy starring Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson (4-3)

9 Lorenzo —, Italian Renaissance artist whose works include Portrait of Giovanni della Volta with his Wife and Children (5) 10 1999 film comedy starring Matthew Mcconaughey in the title role (4)

12 George William —, New Zealand prime minister from 1930-35 (6)

14 Bovid of North America and

Europe such as the wisent (5)

15 Small wading bird with a slightly down-curved bill that breeds in the uplands of Scotland, Wales and

England (6)

16 Capital of

Norway (4)

19 and 13 Down

1983 comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay (5,8)

21 Capital of Uttar

Pradesh, India (7)

22 Title given to Prince Edward on his marriage to Sophie Rhys-jones in

1999 (4,2,6)

DOWN

1 1960s BBC TV children’s series; a successor to Camberwick Green (8)

2 Julie —, actress who played Celine in Richard Linklater’s film trilogy Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight (5)

3 John —, English naval officer and prime minister of Naples who died in 1811 (5)

4 Large square-rigged sailing ship especially used by Spain from the 15th to 18th centuries (7) 5 Three-handed card

game using 32 cards (4) 6 Capital of North Rhine-westphalia, Germany (10)

7 1953 horror film starring Vincent Price and Frank Lovejoy (5,2,3)

11 Passive female principle of the universe in Chinese philosophy (3) 12 The —, 1980 horror film starring Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis (3)

13 See 19 Across 14 Two-wheeled vehicle such as a pennyfarthing (7)

17 Montgomery —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Search (5)

18 Piece of music composed for eight singers (5)

20 Fiona —, actress who played Aunt Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter film series (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

Crossword

ACROSS

6 Type of varnish for

wood (6,6)

8 Unsuccessful

person (4-3)

9 Warning device (5) 10 Test (4)

12 Dog breed (6)

14 Broom of twigs (5) 15 Female relatives (6) 16 Visage (4)

19 Turret (5)

21 In proportion (3,4) 22 Take foolhardy

risks (4,4,4)

DOWN

1 Talk into (8)

2 Group of twenty (5)

3 Pay money (5)

4 Bloom (7)

5 Operator (4)

6 Brotherhood (10)

7 Deep-rooted or

ingrained (10)

11 Affirmative (3)

12 Sharp explosive

sound (3)

13 Sudden and striking (8) 14 Double-crosses (7)

17 Small twig (5)

18 Coffee mixed with hot

chocolate (5)

20 Feral (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror