Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Quizword & Crossword Quizword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
ACROSS
1 and 7 Down 2002 novel by Sophie Kinsella (10,4,3,4) 8 Philip —, Foreign Secretary from 2014-16 (7) 9 Central and
South American omnivorous mammal of the raccoon family (5) 10 Bob —, General Secretary of the RMT from
2002-14 (4) 11 Herring-like food fish whose roe is valued as a delicacy (4)
12 Variety of lettuce with a long slender head (3)
14 Loch —, body of water in Scotland east of Fort William between Loch Treig and Loch Ericht (6) 15 John —, actor who played Jonathan Carnahan in action films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns (6) 18 Internationally recognised distress signal used by ships and aircraft (1,1,1)
20 and 21 Sports stadium in Auckland, New Zealand; 2011 Rugby World Cup Final venue (4,4)
21 See 20 Across 23 Augustus —, London-born artist and traveller attached to HMS Beagle from 1831-32 (5) 24 Virginie —, 2007 Japan Open singles tennis tournament winner (7) 25 1978 novel
by Molly Parkin (10)
DOWN
1 P V —, West Indies Test cricketer who hit 110 against Australia in Melbourne in 1992 (7)
2 See 22 Down
3 See 6 Down
4 Native or inhabitant of the Orkney
Islands (8)
5 Old Testament father of Jacob and Esau (5)
6, 3 and 17 1861 novel by Charles Reade (3,8,3,3,6)
7 See 1 Across 13 Roger —, Irish nationalist hanged by the British for treason in 1916 (8) 16 Emile —, France and Toulouse rugby union wing; first player to score a try in the
Heineken Cup (7)
17 See 6 Down
19 Small mouse-like long-snouted mammal such as the common — (5)
22 and 2 1907 novel by L Frank
Baum (4,2,2)