Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Anabolic steroid; the primary male sex hormone (12)
8 Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC (7)
9 Johann —, 2015 and 2016 FIM Road Racing World Championship Moto2 Series winner (5)
10 Asian republic;
capital Tehran (4)
12 Musical instruction that a piece be performed smoothly and connectedly (6) 14 River upon which
Rome stands (5)
15 Cricket team;
2003, 2006 and 2007 County Championship winners (6)
16 2001 novel by
Irvine Welsh (4)
19 Capital of
Morocco (5)
21 2007 film drama starring Claire Danes and Toni Collette (7)
22 and 1 Down 1934 novel by Agatha Christie (3,5,4,3,5)
DOWN
1 See 22 Across 2 and 17 Rugby union lock; 1957 New Zealand Test debutant against Australia (5,5)
3 Country where actress Sophia Loren was born (5)
4 Joe —, 1970-73
World Heavyweight boxing champion (7)
5 Railway that ran the Flying Scotsman service from
King’s Cross to Edinburgh (inits)
6 and 13 2010 comedy-drama film starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore (3,4,3,3,5)
7 2000 comedy-drama film starring
Piper Perabo and Adam Garcia (6,4)
11 Cricket shot hit over the boundary without the ball touching the ground (3)
12 Standard currency
of Bulgaria (3)
13 See 6 Down 14 Tortoise formation used by the ancient Roman Army for protection against attack from above (7) 17 See 2 Down
18 Large open area with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation (5) 20 Standard monetary
unit of Thailand (4)
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
6 Popular food paste or spread (6,6) 8 Destructive (7) 9 Young man (5) 10 Woodwind instrument (4) 12 Colour (6) 14 Inspection of accounts (5) 15 Passionate (6) 16 Form a curve (4) 19 Acting award (5) 21 Loss of memory (7) 22 Critically important (2,3,7)
DOWN
1 Plant of the daisy family (8) 2 Private teacher (5) 3 Very deep chasm (5) 4 Refuse to leave (4,3) 5 Bill of fare (4) 6 Coffee pot with filter (10) 7 Shabby (10) 11 However (3) 12 Farm animal (3) 13 Nice (8) 14 Lawlessness (7) 17 Writing material (5) 18 Grind the teeth (5) 20 Sleeve end (4)