Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

QUIZWORD CLUES

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

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ACROSS

1 Capital of Nigeria (5) 7 Bixente —, France 1998 FIFA World Cup Finalwinni­ng defender (8) 8 Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon (5) 10 Reg —, boxing journalist; ITV commentato­r from 1962 (10) 12 City in W Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II (8) 14 Small flying insect known to bite (4) 16 Martin —, Astronomer Royal from 1972-82 (4) 17 Companion of Falstaff sentenced to hang for looting in William Shakespear­e play Henry V (8) 20 Reality television show launched in the UK in 2000 on Channel 4 (3,7) 23 Brightest star in the constellat­ion Orion (5) 24 Former region of Africa that comprised the southern part of Spanish Sahara (3,2,3) 25 Alfred —, author of 1896 stage play Ubu Roi (5)

DOWN

1 and 18 Author of novels Island and Antic Hay (6,6) 2 Carl Gustav —, Swiss founder of analytical psychology who died in 1961 (4) 3 Unit of liquid measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a gallon (4) 4 Name, from 1971-97, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5) 5 See 11 Down 6 and 16 French artist whose works include 1776 painting The Bridge (6,6) 9 WH —, author of poetry collection­s Homage to Clio and The Shield of Achilles (5) 11 and 5 Group of leaders of the Roman Catholic Church; exclusive electors of the Pope (7,2,9) 13 Type of West Indian pop music; a forerunner of reggae (3) 15 Common viper with a zigzag pattern along its back (5) 16 See 6 Down 18 See 1 Down 19 City in Bouches-durhone, France housing a Roman amphitheat­re (5) 21 Common —, silvery-grey and white bird nicknamed the sea-swallow (4) 22 Capital of Latvia (4)

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