Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 and 25 1938 crime film drama starring James Cagney and Pat O’Brien (6,4,5,5) 8 and 21 1992 adventure film starring Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkin (4,3,4) 9 Old Testament character; father of Leah and Rachel (5) 10 1960 novel; final part of The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell (4) 11 See 17 Down
12 Female adult pig (3) 14 Brendan —, 1978 Commonwealth 10,000m gold medallist (6) 15 Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the confluence of the Elbe and Mulde Rivers (6) 18 — Mountains, range of the Rockies in Colorado, US, whose highest point is Castle Peak (3) 20 1992 comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams and Michael Gambon (4) 21 See 8 Across 23 Fourth largest region of Peru by area whose capital was centre of the Inca Empire (5) 24 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Quo Vadis? who died in 1978 (3,4) 25 See 1 Across
DOWN
1 Son of Poseidon and Gaia in Greek mythology noted for his strength (7) 2 1948-94 multilateral treaty to promote trade succeeded by the WTO (4) 3 Jane —, actress who played Daphne Moon in US television sitcom Frasier (6) 4 Mats —, 1988
US Open singles tennis championship winner (8)
5 Tony —, 1985-86 WBA Heavyweight champion (5) 6 Pseudonymous writing team who authored thrillers Beneath the Skin and Killing Me Softly (5,6) 7 Finch-like bird that breeds around the Arctic (4,7) 13 Seaport in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, on Clew Bay (8) 16 SI unit of conductance (7) 17 and 11 Across
Haiti-born singer and actor whose 1997 solo debut album was The Carnival (6,4) 19 Tributary of the Congo River that forms part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola (5) 22 State-owned airline created in 1939 by a merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways (inits)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
1 Dawn (5,2,3) 8 Dog of a Chinese breed (4,3) 9 Coffee type (5) 10 Partially open (4) 11 Therefore (4) 12 Snooker rod (3) 14 Runs away to wed (6) 15 Heavy fabric for covering floors (6) 18 Slime (3) 20 Water jug (4) 21 Unruly child (4) 23 Stealthy Japanese fighter (5) 24 Dummy pill (7) 25 Division of a large organisation (10)
DOWN
1 Swagger (7) 2 Catch sight of (4) 3 Chess piece (6) 4 Actor in movies (4,4) 5 Room in the roof (5) 6 One who sells houses for others (6,5) 7 Intense hatred (11) 13 Brown sugar (8) 16 Ideal (7) 17 Absolute ruler (6)
19 Unit of weight (5) 22 Walking stick (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror