Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES
ACROSS
3 and 21 1894 novel by Mark Twain set in the town of Dawson’s Landing (9,6) 8 Former county town of Meath, Republic of Ireland (4) 9 Alfred —, author of poems The Lady of Shalott and Voices in the Mist (8) 10 Colour between blue and violet in the visible spectrum (6) 13 Elephant in stories for children by Jean de Brunhoff (5) 14 See 24 Across 15 Edgar Allan —, US short-story writer who died in 1849 (3) 16 State capital of New Hampshire, US (7) 17 Johan —, 1981 Australian Open singles tennis championship winner (5) 21 See 3 Across 22 Genus of Asian flowering plants named after Jesuit missionary Georg Joseph Kamel (8) 23 Mountainous island off the west coast of Italy (4) 24 and 14 1977 action film starring Roger Moore as James Bond (3,3,3,5,2)
DOWN
1 John —, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature (9) 2 2006 film drama starring Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne (9) 4 Jon —, rugby union fullback at London Wasps from 1997-2000 (5) 5 Amanda —, actress who portrayed Lucy Irvine in 1986 film drama Castaway (7) 6 David —, WBA Heavyweight champion from 2009-11 (4) 7 Sea of —, arm of the Black Sea fed chiefly by the River Don (4) 11 Richard —, British composer of the Warsaw Concerto from 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight (9) 12 Sam —, director of films The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs (9) 14 City in Israel housing Ben Gurion International Airport (3) 15 Elvis —, singer-actor who starred in films Charro! and Spinout (7) 18 Joe —, actor/presenter who played Mickey Miller in BBC TV soap EastEnders from 2003-08 (5) 19 Ernst —, Austrian physicist who devised a system of speed measurement (4) 20 River that flows to the North Sea at Middlesbrough (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
CROSSWORD CLUES
ACROSS 3 American bird (4,5) 8 Cylinder (4) 9 Warm garment (8) 10 I have found it! (6) 13 Cart (5) 14 Ruler in ancient Egypt (7) 15 Harden (3) 16 Spanish drink (7) 17 Aircraft-detection system (5) 21 Perennial plant (6) 22 Moderately wealthy (4-2-2) 23 Notion (4) 24 Forerunner (9) DOWN 1 Or else (9) 2 Native Australian (9) 4 Shock, dismay (5) 5 Great pleasure or satisfaction (7) 6 At the summit (4) 7 Sediment of wine (4) 11 Huge election victory (9) 12 Quack, fraud (9) 14 Vegetable (3) 15 Prime cut of beef (7) 18 Love deeply (5) 19 Second Greek letter (4) 20 Unsightly body fat (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror