Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
6 English poet and dramatist whose works include the plays Match Me in London and The Shoemaker’s Holiday (6,6) 8 A daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology (7) 9 Valley in north Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition (5) 10 Capital and largest city of Samoa (4) 12 12th sign of the zodiac (6) 14 Sidney —, Australian painter whose works include 1957’s Rainforest (5) 15 Joanna —, actress who played Purdey in ITV action series The New Avengers (6) 16 Single-handed Olympic class of single-sail racing dinghies (4) 19 W —, creator of Thomas the Tank Engine (5) 21 Billie —, US jazz singer whose nickname was Lady Day (7) 22 Author of the novels Nineteen Eighty-Four and Coming Up for Air (6,6)
DOWN
1 Element produced artificially from curium; symbol No (8) 2 Grete —, winner of the women’s race in the 1986 London Marathon (5) 3 Large desert-living, African antelope with long twisted horns (5) 4 and 14 1957 comedy-drama film starring, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin (1,4,2,3,4) 5 Rich —, 2002 USPGA champion (4) 6 and 13 1906 novel by E Nesbit (3,7,8) 7 Rudolf —, character in the Anthony Hope novel The Prisoner of Zenda (10) 11 Island of the Orkneys group (3) 12 God of fields, woods, shepherds and flocks in Greek mythology (3) 13 See 6 Down 14 See 4 Down 17 Small mouse-like long-snouted mammal such as the common — (5) 18 Petula —, singer and actress whose roles include Sharon McLonergan in 1968 film musical Finian’s Rainbow (5) 20 Tobias —, golfer who won the 2002 TNT Dutch Open (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword
ACROSS
6 Worldwide traveller (12) 8 Proof of purchase (7) 9 Unit of weight (5) 10 Partially open (4) 12 Highly-spiced sausage (6) 14 Summarise (5) 15 Minor earthquake (6) 16 Cab (4) 19 Prize (5) 21 From the sunrise direction (7) 22 Ordinary or routine (3-2-3-4)
DOWN
1 Secret meeting (8) 2 Start, commence (5) 3 Veracity (5) 4 Temporary substitute (7) 5 Bill of fare (4) 6 Huge (10) 7 Added or supplementary (10) 11 For every (3) 12 Droop (3) 13 Of theoretical interest only (8) 14 Inconsiderate driver (4,3) 17 Trivial (5) 18 Thing of value (5) 20 Fever (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror