Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 English poet whose volumes include V and The Loiners (4,8)
8 Dwelling place of the blessed after death in Greek mythology (7)
9 Japanese verse form in
17 syllables (5)
10 Arthur —, 1975 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (4)
12 Main official at a tennis
or cricket match (6)
14 Tree of tropical America whose very light wood is used for modelling (5)
15 Albert —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Murder on the Orient Express (6) 16 Elisha Graves —, American inventor of an elevator who died in 1861 (4)
19 Constellation containing the stars Rigel and Betelgeuse (5)
21 Ancient region on the Adriatic Sea including parts of present-day Albania, Croatia and Montenegro (7)
22 1977 film thriller starring Elliott Gould and James Brolin (9,3)
DOWN
1 and 18 1968 novel by
Len Deighton (4,4,1,4) 2 Unit of length equal to 22 yards (5)
3 See 11 Down
4 1985 biopic directed and co-written by Paul Schrader subtitled A Life in Four Chapters (7)
5 Standard monetary unit of Lesotho (4)
6 and 7 1978 family film starring Ken Berry and Sandy Duncan (3,3,4,5,5)
7 See 6 Down
11 and 3 1965 Grand National winner ridden by Tommy Smith (3,5)
12 River in SE Wales upon which Newport stands (3)
13 International criminal police organisation set up in Vienna in 1923 (8)
14 Claston —, 2002 Commonwealth decathlon gold medallist (7)
17 2005 film comedy starring Will Smith in the title role (5)
18 See 1 Down
20 Republic on the Persian Gulf; capital Baghdad (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
6 Conductor of a choir (12)
8 Extract or remove (4,3)
9 Walk slowly (5)
10 Increase in size (4)
12 Bet (6)
14 Heaps (5)
15 Provocation (3,3)
16 Golfer’s cry (4)
19 Brazilian dance (5)
21 Try (7)
22 Type of wholesale store (4-3-5)
DOWN
1 Amount of jobs to be done (8)
2 Japanese padded quilt (5)
3 Friendship (5)
4 Up to (2,3,2)
5 Part of speech (4)
6 Classify (10)
7 Emphatically (10)
11 Farm animal (3)
12 Obtain (3)
13 Reader’s item (8)
14 Dashing manner (7)
17 Cautions (5)
18 Rod (5)
20 Cooked animal flesh (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror