Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
3 1976 Olympic men’s 3m springboard gold medallist (4,5) 8 Main port and commercial capital of Yemen (4) 9 Region of France whose departments include Allier and Cantal (8) 10 Province and largest island of Thailand (6) 13 and 22 1912 novella by Thomas Mann whose central character is Gustav von Aschenbach (5,2,6) 14 North American name for a cos lettuce (7) 15 Large bronze musical horn found in Danish peat bogs dating back to the Bronze Age (3) 16 Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray named after a place in Cambridgeshire (7) 17 See 5 Down 21 Arthur Wing —, author of stage plays The Gay Lord Quex and The Second Mrs Tanqueray (6) 22 See 13 Across 23 Ballet step in which a dancer springs from one leg and lands on the other (4) 24 French author of 1909 novel Strait is the Gate; 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature winner (5,4)
DOWN
1 Largest of the Pelagie Islands between Tunisia and Malta (9) 2 Resort town on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales, housing a castle (9) 4 Edward —, prime minister from 1970-74 (5) 5 and 17 Across 1952 novel by H E Bates (4,3,5) 6 Ben —, author of novels The Famished Road and In Arcadia (4) 7 Former coal-mining town in Limburg, northeast Belgium (4) 11 US actor who starred as Dominic Toretto in 2009 action film Fast & Furious (3,6) 12 Catherine —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Chicago (4-5) 14 Instance of a batter touching all four bases safely in baseball (3) 15 Hugh —, author of 1920 children’s novel The Story of Doctor Dolittle (7) 18 Lucy —, actress who played Natalie Evans in BBC TV soap EastEnders (5) 19 1957 novel by Vladimir Nabokov (4) 20 John —, Governor-General of Australia from 1974-77 (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
3 Steadiness (9) 8 Embedded part of a tooth (4) 9 Gigantic (8) 10 Intelligent (6) 13 Dens (5) 14 Booze (7) 15 Use a towel on (3) 16 Doubting Thomas (7) 17 Thoroughly wash (5) 21 Humiliating failure (6) 22 Solo operator (4,4) 23 Untidy state (4) 24 Camel with one hump (9)
DOWN
1 Invaluable (9) 2 Now and then (9) 4 In that place (5) 5 Bluebottle (7) 6 Lighting device (4) 7 Therefore (4) 11 Tenor or alto, eg (9) 12 Golf building (9) 14 Curving trajectory (3) 15 Gemstone (7) 18 Bid (5) 19 Sixty minutes of time (4) 20 Appear to be (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror