Quizword & Crossword Solutions in Saturday’s Daily Mirror
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Mark —, 2014, 2016 and 2017 World Snooker Championship winner (5)
7 Vicki —, actress who played Yvette Carte-Blanche in BBC TV sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo! (8) 8 Industrial city in Ukraine on the Styr River (5)
10 and 14 Reservoir in San Mateo County, California, US (3,7,4) 12 Ultimate battle in Scandinavian mythology between the gods and forces of evil (8)
14 See 10 Across 16 Riddle without a solution in
Zen Buddhism (4) 17 1985 novel by Erich Segal (3,5)
20 Roman emperor from 284-305 (10) 23 Inland port in the East Riding of Yorkshire at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Don (5)
24 David —, winner of the 2008 Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (8) 25 and 2 Down Horse of highwayman Dick Turpin (5,4)
DOWN
1 and 18 1976 comedy-crime film starring Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh and Richard Pryor (6,6)
2 See 25 Across
3 and 16 Actress who played Phoebe Buffay in US television sitcom Friends (4,6) 4 1970s US television sitcom starring Valerie Harper in the title role (5) 5 Brightest star in the constellation Taurus (9) 6 River rising in southwest Poland that joins the Odra near Brzeg (6) 9 Canoe designated with the letter K in Olympic events (5) 11 Genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period (9) 13 Ancient city in southern Kyrgyzstan (3) 15 Lean end of a neck of veal or mutton (5) 16 See 3 Down
18 See 1 Down
19 Edward —, author of 1962 play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (5) 21 Desmond —, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize (4)
22 Erki —, 2000 Olympic decathlon gold medallist (4)
Solutions in Saturday’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
1 Group of twenty (5) 7 Temperance (8) 8 Assumed name (5) 10 Snapshot (10) 12 Give incentive to (8) 14 Pottery oven (4) 16 Tip up (4) 17 Female offspring (8) 20 Process of burning (10)
23 Value (5)
24 Much less (3,5)
25 Room’s
lower surface (5)
DOWN
1 Skiing competition (6) 2 Harvest (4) 3 Unable to find one’s way (4) 4 Boasts (5)
5 Hit back (9) 6 Punctuation mark (6) 9 Push (5) 11 Deadlock (9)
13 Hot drink (3) 15 Shining (5) 16 Equipment (6) 18 Bacon slice (6) 19 Remorse for a wrongdoing (5) 21 Heavy combat vehicle (4)
22 Christmas (4)