Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

— River, US watercourse forming part of the border between Idaho and Oregon (5)

Frank —, US musician and composer who co-wrote and co-directed 1971 fantasy film

200 Motels (5)

Patrick —, abstract painter whose works include 1956’s

Azalea Garden (5) — ant, small insect commonly found in kitchens and warm places (7)

Royal burgh in Dumfries and

Galloway; location of Candida Casa, a 5th-century church established by

St Ninian (8)

Mountain range in south central Europe (4)

See 7 Down

Stephen —, prime minister of Canada from 2006-15 (6) Statuette of a winged woman holding an atom awarded annually in the US for outstanding work in television (4)

20 Edward —, pedantic clergyman in 1870s novel Middlemarch by George Eliot (8)

23 William Shakespeare play subtitled

The Moor of Venice (7)

24 Large North American deer also called an elk (5)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror 1 4 10 11 12 13

15 17

19 25 and 26 Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Ulee’s Gold (5,5) 26 See 25 Across

DOWN

Paavo —, 1920 and

1928 Olympic 10,000m gold medallist (5) Capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (8)

and 8 2003 action film starring

Vin Diesel and

Larenz Tate (1,3,5) 1930 Melbourne Cup winner ridden by

Jim Pike; subject of a 1983 biopic starring Tom Burlinson (4,3)

and 15 Across 1987 film drama starring Bette Davis and

Lillian Gish (3,6,2,6)

See 5 Down

1946 film drama directed by and featuring Orson Welles as Professor Charles Rankin (3,8)

1862 historical novel by Gustave Flaubert set in ancient Carthage (8)

1971 comedy-drama film starring

Albert Finney and

Billie Whitelaw (7) Castrated cock fowl fattened for eating (5) S C J —, England

Test cricketer who took 5-85 against

West Indies in

Kingston in 2009 (5)

22 Paul —, Swiss artist whose works include 1928’s

Cat and Bird (4)

2 3 5 6 7 8 9 14 16 18 21

Crossword ACROSS

Platform for actors (5)

Card suit (5)

Equine mammal (5) Old-time dance (3-4) Heating device (8) Daybreak (4)

Star sign (6)

Electrical interference (6)

19 Second-hand (4)

20 Tepid (8)

23 Has in mind,

means (7)

24 Particle of sand (5)

25 Slatted wooden case (5)

26 Ignominy, disgrace (5) 1

4 10 11 12 13 15 17

DOWN

Ready for sleep (5) Bombs thrown by soldiers (8) Plunder (4)

Small acting role (3,4) Curative, healing (11) Backless seat (5) Promising continued or future success (2-3-6) Physical power (8) Take refuge (7) Person staying at a hotel (5)

Sudden fright (5)

22 Tangle (4) 2 3

5 6 7 8 9

14 16 18

21

The nine-letter answers to the three clues can all be found in the grid below. Start at the first letter and trace the word from letter to adjacent letter in a wiggly line. You may move diagonally, but no square may be visited more than once in each word.