Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Quizword & Crossword

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

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ACROSS

3 Port in Spain that hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics (9)

8 — Khan, former light-welterweig­ht world champion (4)

9 Dwarf who guards the Rhinegold in 1876 work The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner (8)

10 Ronald —, US president from 1981-89 (6) 13 John —, Kenyan runner; 2007-09 winner of the Belfast City Marathon (5)

14 Yvonne —, actress who played Lily Munster in 1960s US television series The Munsters (2,5) 15 Flying mammal such as the soprano pipistrell­e (3)

16 Plant whose leafstalks are cooked, sweetened and eaten as a dessert (7)

17 and 24 1987 stage play by Robert Harling featuring the characters Truvy, Claire and Shelby (5,9)

21 John —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (6)

22 Seaport and capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (8)

23 Goddess of youth and spring in Greek mythology (4)

24 See 17 Across

DOWN

1 Ethel —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for None but the Lonely Heart (9) 2 Genus of trees including that known as the Tree of Heaven (9)

4 — Islands, group of over 6,000 in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish administra­tion (5)

5 1972 film musical starring Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles (7)

6 Ancient Greek stringed instrument made of a resonating tortoise shell (4)

7 Part of a violin supporting the fingerboar­d (4)

11 Joseph —, English chemist born in 1733 often credited with the discovery of oxygen (9)

12 2001 film comedy starring, co-written and directed by Ben Stiller (9)

14 Small European brown flatfish covered with rough scales (3)

15 Johnny —, WBA Bantamweig­ht champion from 2002-04 (7)

18 West African republic; capital Accra (5)

19 Hindu system of meditation and asceticism (4)

20 Capital of West Germany from 1949-90 (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

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