Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

3 Kim —, 2009 US Open women’s singles tennis champion (9)

8 University city in Tuscany, Italy housing a famous leaning tower (4)

9 Jimmy —, Wasps fly-half signed from Leinster in 2015 (8)

10 City in Ravenna,

Italy that houses an International Museum of Ceramics (6)

13 Bill —, television naturalist and comedian born in

1941 (5)

14 Large crested pheasant of Asia such as the Blue — or Green — (7)

15 Horizontal band across

a shield in heraldry (3)

16 Cylindrical clay oven used in India and Pakistan (7)

17 Sid —, comedian who starred in the 1940s films Cardboard Cavalier, London

Town and That’s the Ticket (5)

21 2001 film drama starring Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet (6)

22 1991 novel by Barbara

Taylor Bradford (8)

23 Princess of Tyre in classical mythology who founded

Carthage (4)

24 North American marmot also called a woodchuck and whistlepig (9)

DOWN

1 F R —, Australia cricketer known as The Demon Bowler; first to take a Test hat-trick (9)

2 See 5 Down 4 Bernard —, 2007 World Championships 1,500m and 5,000m gold medallist (5)

5 and 2

2015 sci-fi film starring Channing Tatum and Mila

Kunis (7,9)

6 River that flows to the North Sea at Middlesbrough (4)

7 Paul —, 1993 World Championships 800m gold medallist (4)

11 1850 opera by

Richard Wagner (9)

12 2000 action film starring Russell

Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix (9)

14 In golf, an estimated standard score for a hole that a good player should make (3)

15 The —, 2012 Patricia

Cornwell novel (4,3)

18 Luciano —, Italian composer of opera Un re in ascolto which premiered in 1984 (5)

19 River that flows to the North Sea at Sunderland (4)

20 Technical name for

the knee (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Crossword ACROSS

3 Cigar type (9)

8 Twelve months (4)

9 High and mighty (8)

10 Public speaker (6)

13 Sea duck (5)

14 File of papers (7)

15 Be seated (3)

16 Teach (7)

17 Applauds (5)

21 Choice (6)

22 Mutually held or used with others (2,6)

23 Opposite of push (4)

24 Frantic (9)

DOWN

1 Something startling or revealing (3-6)

2 Involving great risk (9)

4 Prize (5)

5 Fruit (7)

6 Therefore (4)

7 Touch down (4)

11 Very funny (9)

12 At the moment (9)

14 Perish (3)

15 Stutter (7)

18 Group of nine (5)

19 Poker stake (4)

20 To rise (2,2)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror