Irish Sunday 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 CLUES ACROSS

6 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Moonlight (6,6) 8 Former Richmond, Worcester Warriors, Bath Rugby and Bristol Shoguns full-back (3,4) 9 Judi —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Mrs Henderson Presents (5) 10 Member of the English political party that opposed the succession to the throne of James, Duke of York (4) 12 Cornelius —, English composer; co-founder of the Scratch Orchestra in 1969 (6) 14 Hank —, US baseball player who retired in 1976 with a total of 755 home runs (5) 15 Muscular hollow organ forming part of the air passage to the lungs (6) 16 Unit of speed; one nautical mile per hour (4) 19 Edible marine gastropod mollusc also called a sea-ear (5) 21 Second son of Noah in the Old Testament (7)

22 and 1 Down 1942 film musical starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth (3,4,5,8)

DOWN

1 See 22 Across 2 See 20 Down 3 Nevil —, author of novels On the Beach and Beyond the Black Stump (5) 4 D G —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 334 against England in Leeds in 1930 (7) 5 Olympic sailing class won by GB’S Giles Scott in 2016 (4) 6 English gymnast; 2018 Commonweal­th horizontal bar, artistic team and individual all-around gold medallist (4,6) 7 2000 crime film starring James Spader, Marisa Tomei and Keanu Reeves (3,7) 11 Roman goddess of peace (3) 12 Jonathan —, author of 2013 novel Expo 58 (3) 13 J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters (8) 14 Harry —, actor who played Ed in 1970 comedy Entertaini­ng Mr Sloane (7) 17 Thomas —, Danish golfer; 2011 and 2013 Omega European Masters tournament winner (5) 18 Series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton (5)

20 and 2 Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer compositio­n; 1962 Best Music, Original Song Oscar winner (4,5)

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

6 Flamboyant adventurer (12) 8 Invade and defeat conclusive­ly (7) 9 Tablets (5) 10 Sound quality (4) 12 Expunge (6) 14 Arbour (5) 15 Form a cylindrica­l shape (4,2) 16 Chooses (4) 19 Sign indicating direction (5) 21 Ugly building (7) 22 Captivity (12)

DOWN

1 Motherly (8) 2 Large container for milk (5) 3 Humorous (5) 4 Sea captain (7) 5 Inform (4) 6 Rich crumbly biscuit (10) 7 Evaluation, estimation (10) 11 Short explosive sound (3) 12 Precipitat­ion form (3) 13 Worker (8) 14 Rampart (7) 17 Untidy (5) 18 Casual denim trousers (5) 20 Frolic (4)

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