Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD ACROSS
1 Either of the two large flat triangular bones also called a shoulder blade (7) 7 and 19 Down
1979 stage play by Caryl Churchill (5,4) 8 Ursula —, actress who played Honey Ryder in 1962 action film Dr No (7) 9 Genus of plants that includes the wood sorrel (6) 11 Ivan —, winner of the 1989 Australian Open singles tennis championship (5) 13 Gerry —, co-founder and first leader of the SDLP in Northern Ireland in 1970 (4) 14 2007 action film starring Mark Wahlberg and Michael Pena (7)
15 and 22 1990 family film starring Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci (4,5) 16 Richard —, US Director of Central Intelligence from 1966-73 (5) 17 Gilberto —, cyclist who won the Giro d’Italia in 2001 and 2003 (6)
21 Thin stiff fabric of silk, nylon, cotton or rayon (7) 22 See 15 Across
23 Name by which the women’s fashion lines Corolle and Huit, introduced in 1947 by Christian Dior, came to be known (3,4)
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2 Tubular pieces of pasta filled with meat or cheese (10) 3 and 4 1667 epic poem by John Milton (8,4) 4 See 3 Down 5 1993 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter (4) 6 Island off the West coast of Scotland whose chief town is Tobermory (4) 9 Steve —, 1980 Olympic 800m gold medallist (5) 10 Two-act opera by Richard Strauss first performed in Dresden in 1924 (10) 12 Port in Shikoku, Japan, that hosts a Yosakoi festival each year (5) 13 1959 novel by William Golding (4,4) 18 Sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse (4) 19 See 7 Across 20 Professional name of Russian-born designer Romain de Tirtoff (4)
CROSSWORD ACROSS
1 Disciple (7) 7 Unify (5) 8 Summer bird (7) 9 For a brief period (6) 11 Steam locomotive (5) 13 Nobleman (4) 14 Joyous ecstasy (7) 15 Unmarried woman’s title (4) 16 Sofa (5) 17 Deprive of food (6) 21 Towed vehicle (7) 22 Breadth (5) 23 Predicament (7)
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2 Socket for plugging in appliances (5,5) 3 Troops (8) 4 Plunder (4) 5 Chew steadily (4) 6 Needle case (4) 9 Bode (5) 10 Perfectly (4,1,5) 12 Steeple (5) 13 Cover with paint or wallpaper (8) 18 Continent (4) 19 Prohibition (4) 20 Indian dress (4)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror