Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 See 7 Across
7 and 1 Across 1970s ITV children’s comedy series starring Ellis Jones and Roy Barraclough (6,2,5) 8 Regulatory agency set up in 1986 to oversee the British Gas Corporation (5) 10 1987 novel by Jenny Diski (10) 12 1897 utopian novel by Edward Bellamy (8) 14 Small Asian citrus tree with greenish oval edible fruits (4) 16 Former county town of Meath, Republic of Ireland (4) 17 Companion of Falstaff sentenced to hang for looting in William Shakespeare play Henry V (8) 20 US actor who played Archer Dolittle in 1998 comedy Dr Dolittle (5,5) 23 1961 drama starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren (2,3) 24 — Wall, Roman fortification in Scotland between the Firth of Clyde and Firth of Forth (8) 25 Wading bird with a long neck and commonly grey or white plumage (5)
DOWN
1 and 16 Down Speaker of the House of Commons from 1976-83 (6,6) 2 River rising in Austria upon which Munich stands (4) 3 Barbara —, actress who played Cinnamon Carter in US TV action series Mission: Impossible (4)
4 J T —, author of novels Trail Boss and Waco’s Debt (5) 5 2004 novel by Karin Slaughter (9) 6 European shrub with pink or white flowers and aromatic blue-black berries (6) 9 See 21 Down 11 2010 novel by Joan Thomas (9)
13 and 19 Actress who played Kate Reynolds in 2000 comedy-drama The Family Man (3,5) 15 Bill —, television naturalist and comedian born in 1941 (5) 16 See 1 Down 18 B J —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 169 against New Zealand in Adelaide in 2008 (6) 19 See 13 Down 21 and 9 Figurine of an old woman used in British fairgrounds as a target (4,5) 22 Small blue-black fruit of the blackthorn (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Housey-housey (5) 7 Calamity (8) 8 Ancient artefact (5) 10 Instrument of torture (10) 12 Improbable (8) 14 Disinclined to work (4) 16 Thick cable (4) 17 Clear land of trees (8) 20 Absolutely still (10) 23 Sum (5) 24 Habitually uncommunicative (8) 25 Nozzle (5)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
DOWN
1 Writing desk (6) 2 Rough particles of sand (4) 3 Business company (4) 4 Short stoppage (5) 5 Astronomer or astrologer (9) 6 Muscular and strong (6) 9 Asphyxiate (5) 11 Type of comedy (9) 13 Sheltered side (3) 15 Brag (5) 16 Distant (6) 18 Pill (6) 19 Sounds a horn (5) 21 Songbird (4) 22 Cleaning agent (4)