Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 1991 adventure film starring Bill Campbell and Jennifer Connelly (3,9)
8 See 7 Down
9 US and Canadian Mennonite sect that traces its origin to Jakob Amman (5)
10 River rising in Slovenia that flows to the Danube at Belgrade (4)
12 Market town in Gloucestershire; meeting point of the Five Valleys (6)
14 Guillermo —, 2004 French Open singles tennis championship runner-up (5)
15 Slow-moving reptile with a domed shell (6)
16 1981 film thriller featuring Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez in the title role (4)
19 Richard —, co-creator and co-presenter of BBC TV quiz show Pointless (5)
21 See 22 Across 22 and 21, 14 Down
The —, 1771 novel by Tobias Smollett (10,2,7,7)
DOWN
1 2005 action film starring Jason Statham and Ray Liotta (8)
2 Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Fiddler on the Roof (5)
3 Margaret —, 2004 London Marathon elite race winner (5) 4 State capital of
Georgia, US (7)
5 Standard unit of currency of Ghana (4)
6 2009 novel by Iain
Banks (10)
7 and 8 Across
1892 comic novel by George and Weedon Grossmith (3,5,2,1,6) 11 Sebastian —, 1980 Olympic 1,500m gold medallist (3) 12 Cricket shot hit over the boundary without the ball touching the ground (3)
13 Margaret —, author of 1866 novel Miss Marjoribanks (8)
14 See 22 Across 17 Unit of length equal
to 22 yards (5)
18 System of sending text and graphics from one computer to another (5)
20 Downy material obtained from Asian plants related to mugwort used in traditional Chinese medicine (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
6 Exorbitantly
priced (12)
8 Bloom (7)
9 Liquid for drinking (5) 10 Pig sound (4)
12 Take photos with
this (6)
14 Meat in rashers (5)
15 Fungal timber
decay (3,3)
16 Pith helmet (4)
19 Long narrow hilltop (5) 21 Subunit of a company
of soldiers (7)
22 Ordinary,
routine (3,2,3,4)
DOWN
1 American lawyer (8)
2 Newly made (5)
3 Movies (5)
4 Frozen figure (7)
5 Editor’s note (4)
6 Decorative needlework (10)
7 Illogical, absurd (10)
11 Corpulent (3)
12 Round loaf of bread (3) 13 Profitable (8)
14 Tedium (7)
17 Pimples (5)
18 Thin biscuit (5)
20 Percussion instrument (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror