Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES
ACROSS 1 South American republic; capital Santiago (5) 7 Running race whose distance is 26 miles and 385 yards (8) 8 City in Poland, one of the oldest cities of Upper Silesia (5) 10 2013 action film starring Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba (7,3) 12 1960s ITV comedy series starring Kenny Everett and Jonathan Routh (4,4) 14 Heinrich —, winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature (4) 16 Flesh of a cow when killed for food (4) 17 and 6 Down
2004 BBC TV animated comedy series featuring the voice talent of Steve Coogan and Amelia Bullmore (1,2,3,2,6) 20 1978 novel by Kingsley Amis (5,5) 23 Shane —, Australia-born former Bristol, Northampton and Worcester rugby union fly-half (5) 24 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Shampoo (3,5) 25 FH —, England Test cricketer who took 6-85 against Australia at Sydney in 1954 (5)
DOWN
1 Charles —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The More the Merrier (6) 2 Commonest basic pattern of the human fingerprint (4)
3 Cereal plant also called finger millet cultivated in Africa and Asia (4) 4 1976 novel by William Goldman (5)
5 and 22 1998 novel by Sebastian Faulks (9,4) 6 See 17 Across
9 Mediterranean island; capital Valletta (5) 11 Jody —, 1979 F1 World Drivers’ Championship winner (9) 13 Large extinct flightless bird of New Zealand (3) 15 Viswanathan —, 2007-13 World Chess Championship winner (5) 16 Genevieve —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Anne of the Thousand Days (6) 18 Greg —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1986 (6) 19 Junko —, 1993 World Championships women’s marathon gold medallist (5) 21 Female of the red deer when aged three years or more (4) 22 See 5 Down Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
CROSSWORD CLUES
ACROSS 1 Shade of blue (5) 7 Woodwind instrument (8) 8 Painful muscle contraction (5) 10 Cause to continue (10) 12 Soaking wet (8) 14 Inner planet (4) 16 Solid block (4) 17 Paper size (8) 20 Modest, unpretentious (10) 23 Move one’s body to music (5) 24 Covertly (8) 25 Representative (5) DOWN 1 Agreement (6) 2 Frolic (4) 3 Smack (4) 4 Slatted wooden case (5) 5 After weighing up all the factors (2,7) 6 Strain, emphasis (6) 9 Coins (5) 11 Outward appearance (9) 13 The self (3) 15 Dull, uninteresting (5) 16 Holiday at sea (6) 18 Powerful (6) 19 Remains of a fire (5) 21 Dairy product (4) 22 Team of villains (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror