Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1 See 21 Down
4 Island in Samoa; chief
town Apia (5)
10 Pierre —, prime minister of France from 1935-36 executed in 1945 (5)
11 Jackie —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Hustler (7)
12 Television presenter; Chairman of Luton Town football club since 2008 (4,4)
13 Fritz —, director of the films M, The Testament of Dr Mabuse and Metropolis (4)
15 F —, English author of the novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa (6)
17 Perennial plant of the nightshade family cultivated for its edible tubers (6) 19 and 5 Down
Character played by Diana Rigg in 1960s television series The Avengers (4,4) 20 Land of tiny people in 1726 Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver’s Travels (8)
23 Variety of wheat with pale red kernels cultivated as grain for horses (7)
24 John —, actor who played Superintendent Waverley in comedy horror films
The Abominable Dr Phibes and Dr Phibes Rises Again (5) 25 City in NW Russia on
the Velikaya River (5) 26 and 8 Down
US vice president from 1969-73 (5,5)
DOWN
2 June —, Canada-born actress; younger sister of Gypsy Rose Lee (5) 3 1981 film drama starring Jane Fonda and Kris Kristofferson (8)
5 See 19 Across
6 Milan opera house severely damaged during the Second World War (2,5)
7 Royal dynasty that ruled England from 1154-1485 (11)
8 See 26 Across 9 2006 novel by Kate
Atkinson (3,4,4)
14 Size of writing paper measuring 13.5 by 17 inches named after the watermark formerly used on it (8)
16 A —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 156 against England at Melbourne in 2006 (7) 18 River in N France; scene of a major Allied offensive in 1918 (5)
21 and 1 Across Secretary of State for Trade from 1974-76 (5,5)
22 Dog belonging to Dorothy Gale in the Oz series of books by L Frank Baum (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
1 Tempest (5)
4 Intuitive guess or feeling (5) 10 Concerning (5)
11 Inspection chamber for a drain (7)
12 Makes bigger (8)
13 Board game using counters (4)
15 Very young child (6)
17 Spanish dance (6)
19 Connect (4)
20 Surgical knives (8)
23 Save from destruction (7) 24 Short-legged dog (5)
25 Intense physical pain (5)
26 Sacred song (5)
DOWN
2 Mythological Scandinavian being (5) 3 Shy (8)
5 Forearm bone (4)
6 End or conclusion (7) 7 Actually happen (11)
8 Traffic light colour (5) 9 Excessive admiration (4-7)
14 Gathers, accumulates (8)
16 Cricket position (4,3) 18 Performed (5)
21 Sign up for a course (5)
22 Farm building (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror