Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 and 20 2009 novel by Julian Clary (5,2,8)
7 and 12 Art Deco painter whose works include 1927’s Kizette on the Balcony (6,2,8) 8 Chapchai —, Thai golfer; 2007 TCL Classic tournament winner (5) 10 See 14 Across 12 See 7 Across
14 and 10 British actor who played Gimli in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (4,4-6) 16 Small metal bar set across the fingerboard of a guitar (4) 17 Pasta in the form of narrow tubes (8) 20 See 1 Across 23 Young eel (5) 24 Brown and white plover of North and Central America (8) 25 and 18 Down
1939 musical-comedy film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland (5,2,4)
DOWN
1 and 3 Actor who portrayed Ronnie Biggs in 2012 ITV drama series Mrs Biggs (6,4) 2 River rising in Austria upon which Munich stands (4) 3 See 1 Down
4 River that forms most of the border between Cornwall and Devon (5) 5 The —, L Frank Baum novel published posthumously in 1919 (5,2,2) 6 Liz —, author of the novels Egg Dancing and The Paper Eater (6) 9 4th-century BC Athenian courtesan; companion of Alexander the Great (5) 11 ITV soap opera featuring The Woolpack public house (9) 13 Large New Zealand parrot with brownish-green plumage (3) 15 Billiards stroke in which the cue is held nearly vertically to make the cue ball swerve round a ball obstructing a clear shot on the object ball (5) 16 2006 family film starring Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw (6) 18 See 25 Across 19 Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters (5) 21 — Cup, women’s badminton world team championship (4) 22 Mountainous island off the west coast of Italy (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Roughly built hut (5) 7 Twelfth month (8) 8 Feeling pleasure and satisfaction (5) 10 Not in working order (6-4) 12 Person devoted to reading (8) 14 Long audible breath (4) 16 Badger’s burrow (4) 17 Steadfast (8) 20 Nevertheless (3,3,4) 23 Fragrance (5) 24 Private road leading to a house (8) 25 Jeans fabric (5)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
DOWN
1 Excellent (6) 2 Stout stick (4) 3 Ship’s floor (4) 4 Blood vessels (5) 5 Extremely unpleasant (9) 6 Bite or chew noisily (6) 9 Speak slowly (5) 11 Yearning for the past (9) 13 Regret (3) 15 Punctuation mark (5) 16 Beer mixed with lemonade (6) 18 Preserve after death (6) 19 Steering device (5) 21 Hit with the palm of the hand (4) 22 Gaelic (4)