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 NFL American football team; Super Bowl XXXV and XLVII winners (9,6) 8 Lake —, body of water in central Switzerland formed by a widening of the Aare River (4) 9 Pierre-Alexandre —, French composer of 1773 opera La Belle Arsene (8)
10 and 24 1978 comedy starring Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault for which Edouard Molinaro was a Best Director Oscar nominee (2,4,3,6) 13 Longest river in France (5) 14 See 15 Across
15 and 14 2011 film comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake (3,7) 16 Number opposite nine on a standard dartboard (7) 17 City in Emilia-Romagna, Italy famous for its cheese and ham (5) 21 See 3 Across 22 Andean mountain in Bolivia near La Paz (8) 23 Book of the Old Testament attributed to the son of Pethuel (4) 24 See 10 Across
DOWN
1 1985 novel by A S Byatt (5,4) 2 H —, England Test cricketer who hit 194 against Australia in Sydney in 1932 (9) 4 City in Rajasthan, India, housing Mayo College (5) 5 2010 animated film starring the voice talent of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi (7) 6 River in Germany that flows through Wurzburg to the Rhine (4) 7 Peter —, 1988 Olympic 1,500m gold medallist (4) 11 Ian —, actor who portrayed Eric Liddell in 1981 biopic Chariots of Fire (9) 12 — Lake, body of water in northern Utah, US, known as America’s Dead Sea (5,4) 14 Amy —, author of 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club (3) 15 Alfred —, author and illustrator, from 1935, of the Rupert Bear tales (7) 18 Stomach lining of an ox or cow prepared for cooking (5) 19 Corbin —, actor-dancer who played Chad Danforth in the High School Musical TV movie and film trilogy (4) 20 Edith —, French singer known as the Little Sparrow (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
3 Mobsters (9) 8 Ensnare by trickery (4) 9 Lacking knowledge (8) 10 Physical or mental exertion (6) 13 Squander (5) 14 Splinter group (7) 15 Mountain pass (3) 16 Slim (7) 17 Topic (5) 21 Sufficient (6) 22 Screen test (8) 23 Smile broadly (4) 24 Express regret (9)
DOWN
1 Or else (9) 2 Clumsy (3-6) 4 Friendship (5) 5 Army officer (7) 6 Conservative (4) 7 Smallest of a litter (4) 11 Beach or swimming pool attendant (9) 12 Clandestine or deceptive (9) 14 In favour of (3) 15 Room’s upper surface (7) 18 Inner planet (5) 19 Leap (4) 20 Lass (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror