Daily Mirror

Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

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QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 River in Russia; longest in Europe (5) 4 Harriet Beecher —, author of 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (5) 10 US state; capital Augusta (5) 11 University friend of Hamlet in the William Shakespear­e play of that name (7) 12 North Devon village devastated by flooding in 1952 (8) 13 John F —, US artist whose works include 1885 oil The Poor Man’s Store (4)

15 and 14 Down 2009 novel by Jodi Picoult (6,4,4) 17 Richard —, actor who played Victor Meldrew in BBC TV sitcom One Foot in the Grave (6) 19 Arthur —, 1958 Commonweal­th shot put gold medallist (4) 20 1936 written work by Klaus Mann subtitled Novel of a Career (8) 23 Catherine —, author of novels The Gillyvors and The Invitation (7) 24 — Computer Company, manufactur­er cofounded by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak in 1976 (5) 25 City in Ohio, US, known in the early 20th-century as the rubber capital of the world (5) 26 Allan —, 1980 Olympic men’s 100m gold medallist (5)

DOWN

2 Constellat­ion containing the stars Rigel and Betelgeuse (5) 3 City in France that hosted the 1968 Winter Olympics (8) 5 Ancient Phoenician port in southern Lebanon known for the production of a rare sort of purple dye (4) 6 Highest part of the back of a horse (7) 7 Actor who played Chris Smith in 2011 thriller Killer Joe (5,6) 8 Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (5) 9 1942 collection of stories by William Faulkner (2,4,5) 14 See 15 Across 16 US state whose capital is Albany (3,4) 18 Jules —, French author of 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days (5) 21 Any of the separate parts of the calyx of a flower (5) 22 Spain and Real Madrid midfield footballer born Francisco Roman Alarcon Suarez (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

1 Steep rock face (5) 4 Perhaps (5) 10 Brother of a parent (5) 11 Lower back pain (7) 12 Spotted beetle (8) 13 Postal system (4) 15 Empty a suitcase (6) 17 Of France (6) 19 Gasp (4) 20 Unevenly balanced (8) 23 Achievemen­t of something attempted (7) 24 Overarm swimming stroke (5) 25 Planet (5) 26 Thick (5)

DOWN

2 Readily understood (5) 3 Survey response (8) 5 Organised military force (4) 6 Piercing tool (7) 7 Having two functions (4-7) 8 Office worker (5) 9 Pamper (11) 14 Slaughter (8) 16 Cure for all ills (7) 18 Brag (5) 21 Business transactio­ns (5) 22 Surpassing all others (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

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