Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Arthur —, composer of 1949 opera The Olympians (5) 4 1983 comedy-drama film starring Rob Lowe and Jacqueline Bisset (5) 10 Costantino —, Italian golfer; 1997 Canon European Masters tournament winner (5) 11 Lee —, Aston Villa midfield footballer; 1998 England cap winner against the Czech Republic (7) 12 The —, oratorio by Joseph Haydn first performed in Vienna in 1798 (8) 13 Second — War, 1899-1902 conflict in South Africa (4) 15 1996 action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Caan (6) 17 Association of London underwriters that began in a coffee house in Tower Street in the late 17th-century (6) 19 Island in the Inner Hebrides separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of — (4) 20 Ballet jump with one leg outstretched and the other beating against it (8) 23 and 5 Down Third movement of piano work Suite bergamasque by Claude Debussy (5,2,4) 24 Sam —, 1942 winner of the PGA Championship (5) 25 See 26 Across 26 and 25 Waterfall in the Canaima National Park, Venezuela; regarded as the world’s highest (5,5)
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2 Bobby —, golfer who won The Open Championship in 1957 (5) 3 2009 action film starring Chris Pine as James T Kirk (4,4) 5 See 23 Across 6 Nicolas —, president of France from 2007-12 (7) 7 Long-running BBC children’s programme that featured game segment Double or Drop (11) 8 In Greek mythology, the infinite space that existed before creation (5) 9 Musical term indicating that a passage is getting gradually softer (11) 14 Jeremy —, former presenter of BBC motoring series Top Gear (8) 16 Wife of Antipholus of Ephesus in Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors (7) 18 David —, Northants cricketer; 1987 England Test debutant against Pakistan in Leeds (5) 21 Yellow-flowered North American plant such as the Smooth — (5) 22 — Sea, lake east of the Caspian Sea that straddles the boundary between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Australian wild dog (5) 4 Push roughly (5) 10 Perfect (5) 11 On the point of (5,2) 12 Infirmary (8) 13 Grain husks (4) 15 In addition (2,4) 17 Subtle difference (6) 19 Sound made by escaping air (4) 20 Deadlock, stalemate (5-3) 23 Do surgery (7) 24 Synagogue minister (5) 25 Furious (5) 26 Rush, outpouring (5)
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2 Articles (5) 3 Easily tricked (8) 5 Owl’s cry (4) 6 One with experience (7) 7 Haute couture (4,7) 8 Of birth (5) 9 Forged (11) 14 Person finishing second (6-2) 16 Cowboy film (7) 18 Soak in liquid (5) 21 Planet’s path (5) 22 Just, unbiased (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror