Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 See 3 Down 7 Freshwater crustacean resembling a small lobster (8) 8 Optical data storage medium readable by a computer (1,1-3) 10 The —, 1892 two-act ballet with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (10) 12 London Underground line coloured black on a Tube map (8) 14 Soft creamy white cheese similar to Camembert (4) 16 Symbol on a computer keyboard also called a number sign and octothorp (4) 17 1956 film drama that featured Carroll Baker in the title role (4,4) 20 Town in West Bengal, India noted for its black tea (10) 23 Endangered nomadic species of antelope of Asia with an elongated oversized nose (5) 24 Hard silver-grey metallic element; symbol Ta (8) 25 Elia —, Best Director Oscar winner for On the Waterfront and Gentleman’s Agreement (5)
DOWN
1 Chicken originally bred in China noted for the excessive plumage covering its legs (6) 2 William —, 19th-century inventor of a writing system for the blind (4)
3 and 1 Across Rugby union flanker; 1985 France Test debutant against Argentina (4,5) 4 Agile hoofed mammal of Africa and Asia such as the rock — or tree — (5) 5 John —, golfer; winner, in December 2007, of the 2008 Alfred Dunhill Championship (9) 6 Tom —, author of novels Porterhouse Blue and The Throwback (6) 9 Alphonse —, Art Nouveau artist noted for painting series The Slav Epic (5) 11 Louis —, US jazz trumpeter known as Satchmo (9) 13 Chris —, rugby union centre; 1968 Scotland Test debutant against Australia (3) 15 Joseph —, prime minister of Australia from 1931-39 (5) 16 Saying attributed to the prophet Muhammad that is not found in the Koran (6) 18 2001 film subtitled Once Upon a Time in India; a 2002 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee (6) 19 Middle daughter of King Lear in the William Shakespeare play of that name (5) 21 William —, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633-45 (4) 22 City on the Mediterranean under Egyptian administration from 1949 until its occupation by Israel in 1967 (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror