Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Cliff on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome from which traitors were thrown to their deaths (8,4) 8 Muse of lyric poetry and music in Greek mythology (7) 9 Michael —, author of stage plays Alphabetical Order and Noises Off (5) 10 Sebastien —, 2004-12 winner of the World Rally Drivers’ Championship (4) 12 1953 Broadway musical featuring the music of Alexander Borodin (6) 14 1976 novel by William Goldman (5) 15 Robert —, ITV News Political Editor since 2016 (6) 16 Classic ballet practice posture with back erect and knees bent (4) 19 Wading bird similar to the heron (5) 21 River forming the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa (7) 22 Francis —, narrator of 1817 Walter Scott novel Rob Roy (12)
DOWN
1 2009 drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman (8) 2 Grayson —, winner of the 2003 Turner Prize (5) 3 Sid —, South Africa-born actor who starred in 1970s ITV sitcom Bless This House (5) 4 2000 drama starring Michael Douglas and Don Cheadle (7) 5 University in Los Angeles, California, founded in 1919 (inits) 6 and 7 1976 family film starring Richard Chamberlain subtitled The Story of Cinderella (3,7,3,3,4) 7 See 6 Down 11 Chinese dynasty interrupted by Xin leader Wang Mang that ruled from 206 BC until AD 220 (3) 12 Nellie —, 1976 Olympic team, floor exercise and vault gold medal-winning artistic gymnast (3) 13 Les Chants de —, 19th-century poetic novel by the Comte de Lautreamont (8) 14 Buster —, Briton who won the 1972 French Open Boys’ Singles tennis championship (7) 17 River in Scotland that flows through Glasgow (5) 18 D L —, England cricketer who scored the first century in an ODI (5) 20 2013 biopic starring Chris Hemsworth as James Hunt (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Type of wholesale store (4-3-5) 8 Place apart (7) 9 Group of nine (5) 10 Mound of drifted sand (4) 12 Former Spanish monetary unit (6) 14 Electricity supply (5) 15 Baffling questions (6) 16 Curved structure (4) 19 Book of maps or charts (5) 21 Deadly sin (7) 22 While moving very fast (2,4,6)
DOWN
1 At the very moment that (2,4,2) 2 Paddled boat (5) 3 Verges (5) 4 Stroll (7) 5 Smile broadly (4) 6 Something easy to do (6,4) 7 Fastening (10) 11 Lettuce (3) 12 Someone’s favourite (3) 13 Money obtained for labour or services (8) 14 Exercise type (5-2) 17 Before the expected time (5) 18 Buckets (5) 20 Ring of a chain (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror