Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES
ACROSS 1 Patsy —, inaugural winner of the UK Championship snooker tournament in 1977 (5) 4 1971 film starring Hywel Bennett and Denholm Elliott (5) 10 Lowest deck in a vessel with four or more decks (5) 11 Any of various small long-tailed birds such as the Pied — or Yellow — (7) 12 Large snake of tropical America that kills its prey by constriction (8) 13 and 25 1924 P C Wren novel whose title character joins the Foreign Legion (4,5) 15 Ambrose —, US poet and satirist who disappeared in Mexico in 1913 (6) 17 Small hot-tasting pod of a type of capsicum used for flavouring sauces (6) 19 Graeme —, winner of the 2006 World Snooker Championship (4) 20 John —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The Paper Chase (8) 23 Main port of the Shetland Islands (7) 24 James —, actor who played Bert Lynch in BBC TV drama series Z Cars (5) 25 See 13 Across 26 In golf, a former name for a No 3 wood (5) DOWN 2 Town in Scotland; administrative headquarters of the Council Area of Clackmannanshire (5) 3 See 14 Down 5 Scottish island of the Inner Hebrides south-east of Rum (4) 6 James —, author of novels Shogun and Tai-pan (7) 7 See 14 Down 8 Round yellow edible root called rutabaga in North America (5) 9 The —, 2006 film drama starring Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti (11) 14, 3 and 7 2007 novel by Iain Banks (3,5,8,2,9) 16 Muse of lyric poetry and music in Greek mythology (7) 18 19th-century Bohemian dance with three steps and a hop (5) 21 Port in SW Sweden on the Sound opposite Copenhagen (5) 22 Katarina —, 1988 Olympic figure skating gold medallist (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror