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
6 Red wine from the Veneto region of Italy (12) 8 1979 Grand National winner ridden by Maurice Barnes (7) 9 Capital of Japan from 794-1868 (5) 10 C P —, author of novels Homecomings and Time of Hope (4) 12 Robert —, 1968 Best Actor in a Musical Tony Award winner for The Happy Time (6) 14 Greek author of fables (5) 15 D J —, England Test cricketer who hit 110 not out against South Africa at Durban in 1957 (6) 16 Ship designed for Fridtjof Nansen’s 1893 Arctic explorations (4) 19 Graeme —, cyclist whose 2003 autobiography is entitled Flying Scotsman (5) 21 Ion —, president of Romania from 1990-96 (7) 22 Grey-brown bird with black-spotted whitish underparts (6,6)
DOWN
1 The —, 1978 John Byrne stage play (4,4) 2 and 18 2004 Derby winner ridden by Kieren Fallon (5,5) 3 2005 film comedy starring Will Smith in the title role (5) 4 Working area of a personal computer screen (7) 5 Highest adult male voice (4) 6 Kliment —, military commander; Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1953-60 (10) 7 City-port in Hampshire nicknamed Pompey (10) 11 River in North Wales and Cheshire that flows to the Irish Sea (3) 12 State on the west coast of India (3) 13 1962 Derby winner ridden by Neville Sellwood (8) 14 Province of Canada; capital Edmonton (7) 17 1982 comedy-drama film starring Steve Guttenberg and Daniel Stern (5) 18 See 2 Down 20 Bjarne —, 1996 Tour de France-winning cyclist (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Smooth progress (5,7) 8 Behave uncontrollably and disruptively (3,4) 9 Nip (5) 10 Jealousy (4) 12 Married Spanish woman (6) 14 Cut off (5) 15 Rare ability (6) 16 Dowels (4) 19 Adder (5) 21 Mild powdered seasoning (7) 22 In unidentified places (4,3,5)
DOWN
1 Travelling fair (8) 2 Foe (5) 3 Windproof hooded jacket (5) 4 Fin (7) 5 Soon (4) 6 Observant (10) 7 Miserly person (10) 11 Piece of open-meshed material (3) 12 Stitch (3) 13 Short joke or witty remark (3-5) 14 Swimmer’s breathing tube (7) 17 Use money (5) 18 Pimples (5) 20 Bard (4)