Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
3 1974 drama starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway (9) 8 Fleshy, coloured or hairy appendage around a seed, such as that of a yew (4) 9 See 23 Across 10 State on the NW coast of the Persian Gulf (6) 13 Small fleshy flap of tissue at the back of the throat; an extension of the soft palate (5) 14 London-born US film and stage comedian who died in 2003 aged 100 (3,4) 15 River that rises in the Cairngorm Mountains before flowing east to the North Sea (3) 16 and 24 Author of stage plays Shout Across the River and Strawberry Fields (7,9) 17 Tropical Asian tree with orange-yellow ovoid fruit (5) 21 Norman —, chancellor of the Exchequer from 1990-93 (6) 22 Ryuichi —, 2006, 2007 and 2010 British Superbike Championship winner (8) 23 and 9 BBC TV sitcom starring Ronnie Barker as Albert Arkwright (4,3,5) 24 See 16 Across
DOWN
1 Location northwest of Newport, Isle of Wight, housing one of two prisons on the island (9) 2 Largest city in Wisconsin, US (9) 4 Edward —, prime minister from 1970-74 (5) 5 Birgit —, Swedish dramatic soprano whose US debut was in 1956 (7) 6 1982 action film starring Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner (4) 7 The —, 2000s US drama series starring Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty (4) 11 Red flower associated with Remembrance Day (4,5) 12 — Alps, European range whose highest peak is Monte Leone (9) 14 Cape —, peninsula of NE Tunisia (3) 15 European kingdom whose capital is Copenhagen (7) 18 Jimmy —, musician-actor who starred in 1972 crime film The Harder They Come (5) 19 Type of flaky pastry produced in very thin sheets (4) 20 Type of unleavened bread popular in India and the Caribbean (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
3 Steamroller (9) 8 Cooker (4) 9 Absolutely fascinating (8) 10 Mistakes (6) 13 Thick rope (5) 14 German measles (7) 15 Owing (3) 16 Large tent (7) 17 Fire a weapon (5) 21 Ban (6) 22 Witch’s pot (8) 23 Operator (4) 24 Unrehearsed (9)
DOWN
1 Bee structure (9) 2 Pain caused by indigestion (9) 4 Poetry (5) 5 Income (7) 6 Intense dislike (4) 7 Touch down (4) 11 Conducted without violence (9) 12 Creature in soil (9) 14 Regret (3) 15 Propriety (7) 18 Group of nine (5) 19 Hand part (4) 20 Pronounce indistinctly (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror