Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Kingdom in the SW Pacific; capital Nuku’alofa (5)
7 and 14 Resident World Controller of Western Europe in the 1932 Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World (8,4) 8 Capital of Morocco (5) 10 US jazz pianist-singer whose compositions include Honeysuckle Rose and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (4,6) 12 Coastal town in South Devon that with Torquay and Brixham forms the borough of Torbay (8) 14 See 7 Across
16 Standard monetary unit of Thailand (4) 17 Greek historian and biographer whose works include Moralia (8) 20 Unit of time equal to one billionth of a second (10) 23 Chester —, US cartoonist who created the Dick Tracy comic strip (5) 24 Budapest-born actress who played Lisa Douglas in US television sitcom Green Acres (3,5) 25 Willow tree whose twigs are used for making baskets (5)
DOWN
1 Widely cultivated plant with a large yellow or white edible root (6) 2 Steffi —, Australian Open singles tennis championship winner from 1988-90 and 1994 (4)
3 and 16 Spanish surrealist film director whose works include Viridiana and Belle de Jour (4,6)
4 and 22 1971 thriller starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George (5,4) 5 City in Gelderland, the Netherlands, housing Het Loo Palace (9) 6 Anders —, 1991 Wimbledon men’s doubles tennis championship winner with John Fitzgerald (6)
9 and 13 Common European bird with reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes and a round head (5,3) 11 2003 Paris Masters men’s singles tennis tournament winner (3,6) 13 See 9 Down 15 The —, 1973 comedy-drama starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford (5) 16 See 3 Down 18 V A —, West Indies Test cricketer who took 6-28 against Australia in Port-of-Spain in 1978 (6) 19 Lion in the The Chronicles of Narnia heptalogy by C S Lewis (5) 21 Waterbird of Europe, Asia and North America with a white bill and forehead (4) 22 See 4 Down Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Slightly damp (5) 7 Object used in emergencies at sea (4,4) 8 Twelve dozen (5) 10 At the planned time (2,8) 12 Handcuffs (8) 14 Rowing blades (4) 16 Charged particles (4) 17 Restrained salesmanship (4,4) 20 Obligatory (10) 23 Belief (5) 24 Complicated word or phrase (8) 25 Bottom surface of a room (5)
DOWN
1 Large wine bottle (6) 2 Mediocre (2-2) 3 Gramophone record (4) 4 Underground drain (5) 5 Soaks (9) 6 Emphasis, strain (6) 9 Light meal (5) 11 Nameless (9) 13 Personal pride (3) 15 Begin (5) 16 Revenue (6) 18 Rubbish dropped in public (6) 19 Dukedom (5) 21 Warm and comfortable (4) 22 Scream (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror