Quizword & Crossword

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

QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

3 SMERSH Colonel in 1957 Ian Fleming novel From Russia, with Love portrayed on screen by Lotte Lenya in 1963 (4,5) 8 1999 Derby winner ridden by Kieren Fallon (4) 9 Director and writer of 2004 animated film The Incredibles (4,4) 10 Ebenezer Cobham —, compiler of an 1870 Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (6) 13 African republic; capital Libreville (5) 14 Sea of —, body of water in NW Turkey linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus (7) 15 Variety of lettuce with a long slender head (3) 16 Position of the controls of a gearbox that leaves the transmission disengaged (7) 17 J C —, England Test cricketer who took 10-53 and 9-37 against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 (5) 21 1994 novel by Rosemary Enright (6) 22 Harold Pinter stage play first produced in 1971 (3,5) 23 Resort town in North Cornwall (4) 24 Cardinal —, chief minister of Louis XIII of France from 1624-42 (9)

DOWN

1 Carpet shark of the Eastern Hemisphere such as the cobbler — or Japanese — (9) 2 Soft silvery-white metallic element; symbol Yb (9) 4 18th-century card game whose name derives from the Spanish word for man (5) 5 Biblical character who, along with wife Sapphira, was struck dead for lying (7) 6 Nahuel —, rugby union prop; 2012 Argentina Test debutant against France (4) 7 John —, Director-general of the BBC from 1992-2000 (4) 11 1971 Nicolas Roeg film drama starring Jenny Agutter (9) 12 Sculpture in which the forms project from the background slightly but with no part completely detached (3-6) 14 Gretchen —, US actress who played the title role in 2005 biopic The Notorious Bettie Page (3) 15 Burnt sugar used for flavouring food (7) 18 Strong fine cotton thread or fabric named after its original place of manufacture in France (5) 19 Area of low marshy ground in South Africa such as the Umgeni — (4) 20 US state; capital Salt Lake City (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

3 Neat, orderly (9) 8 Is indebted to (4) 9 Large passenger plane (8) 10 Israeli monetary unit (6) 13 Additional (5) 14 Goblet (7) 15 Distinct period of time (3) 16 Reckless fun or mischief (7) 17 Pallid (5) 21 Dark blue dye (6) 22 Undo (8) 23 Stylish (4) 24 Candidate (9)

DOWN

1 Unfinished details (5,4) 2 Sleuth (9) 4 Cures (5) 5 Small fierce fish (7) 6 Greet enthusiastically (4) 7 Writer of verse (4) 11 Give emphasis to (9) 12 Strengthen or support (9) 14 Spell of weeping (3) 15 Irregular (7) 18 Cloth woven from flax (5) 19 Simple card game (4) 20 Vestibule (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror