Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD
ACROSS 1 and 22 Pirate after whom Long John Silver’s parrot is named in 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island (7,5) 7 and 20 Down Ship in which Captain Scott sailed on his last Antarctic expedition (5,4) 8 Dorothy —, author of novels My Best Friend’s Girl and The Ice Cream Girls (7) 9 The —, 1897 novel by E L Voynich (6) 11 One of a class of deities in Greek mythology represented as caprine men (5) 13 Ancient Greek stringed instrument made of a resonating tortoise shell (4) 14 David —, actor who portrayed Dr Martin Luther King, Jr in 2014 biopic Selma (7) 15 See 6 Down 16 City in Russia on the Sura River southeast of Moscow (5) 17 and 21 1942 comedy starring Carole Lombard and Jack Benny (2,2,2,3,2,2) 21 See 17 Across 22 See 1 Across 23 Diahann —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Claudine (7) DOWN 2 2006 drama starring Rudy Youngblood as Jaguar Paw (10) 3 1994 Olympic men’s alpine skiing downhill gold medallist (5,3) 4 2008 animated film starring the voice talent of John Cusack in the title role (4) 5 Queen of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology (4) 6 and 15 Across Pursuit of the —, US title of 1956 film drama The Battle of the River Plate (4,4) 9 Zsa Zsa —, late actress who played Mata Hari in 1972 film comedy Up the Front (5) 10 Pablo —, golfer; 2011 and 2015 BMW International Open tournament winner (10) 12 Udo —, 1976 Olympic shot put gold medallist (5) 13 1996 drama starring Kris Kristofferson, Matthew Mcconaughey and Chris Cooper (4,4) 18 Fairuza —, actress who played Cecile in 1989 film drama Valmont (4) 19 Representation of the grunt of a pig (4) 20 See 7 Across
CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Intellectual or studious person (7) 7 Christmas hymn (5) 8 Refined or chic (7) 9 Unpleasantly sticky (6) 11 Dog lead (5) 13 Takes a pew! (4) 14 Exert a pull on (7) 15 Lather (4) 16 Sheds tears (5) 17 Excludes (6) 21 Excellent buy (7) 22 Automaton (5) 23 Broad heavy knife (7) DOWN 2 Important principle (6,4) 3 International waters (4,4) 4 Female relative (4) 5 Brick structure (4) 6 Wander about (4) 9 Yellowish-white colour (5) 10 Tennis term (5,5) 12 Book of maps or charts (5) 13 Physical power (8) 18 Forehead (4) 19 Tumult (4) 20 Swimming competition (4) Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror