Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Scottish burgh in East Ayrshire on the River Irvine (10) 8 Arctic toothed whale, the male of which has a long spiral tusk (7) 9 Spiral-horned antelope of central Africa whose coat is bright red-brown with narrow cream stripes (5) 10 Mixture of butter and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces (4) 11 1994 film drama starring Jodie Foster in the title role (4) 12 Department of France; capital Bourg (3) 14 and 13 Down 1967 family film starring Rex Harrison in the title role (6,8) 15 Framework worn at the back below the waist by women in the late 19th-century in order to expand a skirt (6) 18 Male swan (3) 20 Film projection system that uses a standard 22m by 16m screen (4) 21 The —, 1979 comedy film starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters (4) 23 Capital of Deux-Sevres department, France (5) 24 Ndabaningi —, founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union who died in 2000 (7) 25 Former name of Lake Turkana, northwest Kenya (4,6)
DOWN
1 Jack —, author of novels The Dharma Bums and On the Road (7) 2 John —, author of novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot (4) 3 Department of France; capital Moulins (6) 4 Chemical element produced artificially from curium; symbol No (8) 5 Latin American dance of three steps and a kick to each bar (5) 6 and 16 1938 novel by John Creasey whose protagonist is the Honourable Richard Rollison (11,3,4) 7 Site in South Dakota, US, of the last major battle of the Indian Wars in 1890 (7,4) 13 See 14 Across 16 See 6 Down 17 Alcoholic drink of China made from fermented rice (6) 19 Village in Sutherland, Scotland, once known as the Electric City (5) 22 — I, Holy Roman Emperor from 962-73 (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Direct and outspoken (10) 8 Tympanic membrane (7) 9 Ingenuous (5) 10 Wickedness (4) 11 Beloved (4) 12 Fasten or bind (3) 14 Men’s hairdresser (6) 15 Unjust (6) 18 Curve (3) 20 Naming word (4) 21 Pimple (4) 23 Genetic copy (5) 24 Amount or length of film (7) 25 Referee’s item (6,4)
DOWN
1 One who shoes horses (7) 2 Uncommon (4) 3 Hand tool (6) 4 Lacking knowledge (8) 5 Raise or haul up (5) 6 Likeness or similarity (11) 7 Famous people (11) 13 Have good intentions (4,4) 16 Clap (7) 17 Restriction on nightly movements (6) 19 Asphyxiate (5) 22 Roster (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror