Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 Stringed musical instrument with a long fretted neck and circular body (5) 4 See 24 Across 10 County town of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland (5) 11 Jean —, author of 1929 novel Les Enfants terribles (7) 12 Robert —, Swedish golfer; 2008 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship winner (8) 13 Blyth —, 1996 Olympic Individual Eventing gold medallist (4) 15 Old World bird with a pinkish-brown body and black-and-white wings (6) 17 and 16 Down 2007 novel by Richard Russo (6,2,5) 19 Collective noun for a group of snipe (4) 20 Shrub of the rose family also called a Japanese quince cultivated for its edible fruit (8) 23 Spanish painter born in Crete in 1541 (2,5) 24 and 4 2004 novel by David Mitchell shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize (5,5) 25 City in Germany; leading administrative centre of the Ruhr (5) 26 Broadway production starring Ethel Merman; 1960 Tony Award for Best Musical nominee (5)
DOWN
2 Gilbert —, author of novels The Holy Innocents and Love and Death on Long Island (5) 3 Sue —, actress whose roles have included Barbara Royle in BBC TV comedy series The Royle Family (8) 5 Society set up in Poperinge, Belgium, during World War I to encourage Christian comradeship (3,1) 6 Peter —, medieval French theologian noted for his affair with Heloise d’Argenteuil (7) 7 2005-22 BBC TV comedy panel game chaired by Dara O Briain (4,3,4) 8 2006 Woody Allen film comedy featuring the director as Sid Waterman (5) 9 2005 novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford (4,7) 14 Village in Wales, north-west of Pontypridd, famous for its male voice choir (8) 16 See 17 Across 18 Cultivated variety of cabbage with a compact head and wrinkled leaves (5) 21 Jeremy —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Reversal of Fortune (5) 22 Goddess of youth and spring in Greek mythology (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
1 Shaving implement (5) 4 Small fragment of bread (5) 10 Hangman’s halter (5) 11 Very short time ago (4,3) 12 Crafty deception (8) 13 Hotpot (4)
15 Rule (6)
17 Looking glass (6)
19 Fix (4)
20 Without exception (of rules) (4-4) 23 Nine-sided figure (7) 24 Kinds (5)
25 Traffic light colour (5) 26 Group of lions (5)
DOWN
2 Concerning (5) 3 Begin shooting (4,4) 5 Put one’s feet up (4)
6 School prefect (7) 7 Photo made bigger (11)
8 Turf out (5) 9 Clumsiness, ungainliness (11) 14 Tyrannical ruler (8)
16 Wine merchant (7) 18 Steam bath (5) 21 Quick (5)
22 Fever (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror