Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
3 Wife of a co-owner of Macy’s department store, New York, portrayed on screen by Elsa Raven in 1997 film Titanic (3,6) 8 Rich —, Perrier Comedy Award winner at the 2000 Edinburgh Festival Fringe (4) 9 1980s ITV sketch show featuring Siobhan Redmond and Robbie Coltrane (8) 10 and 24 1929 P G Wodehouse novel featuring the character Mortimer Mason (6,9) 13 Island in the Firth of Clyde off the SW coast of Scotland (5) 14 North American fish similar to the herring (7) 15 Josef —, Czech composer of symphony Asrael and tone poem A Summer’s Tale (3) 16 1974 novel by Richard Adams (7) 17 Jeff —, actor who played the title role in 1970s ITV sitcom Billy Liar (5) 21 2000 crime film starring Michael Caine and Martin Landau (6) 22 and 4 Down 1953 novel by Anthony Buckeridge (8,5) 23 2000 UK no 1 single by Eminem (4) 24 See 10 Across
DOWN
1 Small dog of a Tibetan breed with a well-feathered tail carried curled over its back (5,4) 2 Cricket team; 1997 County Championship winners (9) 4 See 22 Across 5 English county whose administrative centre is Ipswich (7) 6 Leighton —, inaugural winner of the World Darts Championship in 1978 (4) 7 Clearing house for university applications in the UK from 1961-93 (4) 11 G R —, India Test cricketer who hit 222 against England in Chennai in 1982 (9) 12 Falcon formerly known in the US as the duck hawk (9) 14 Diving bird of northern oceans with a black and white plumage (3) 15 Georges —, Belgian author who created Inspector Maigret (7) 18 City in Germany; leading administrative centre of the Ruhr (5) 19 Carlo —, Italian author of 1945 memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli (4) 20 Cross with a loop on the top often appearing in Egyptian personal names (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror