Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 1980 Wimbledon ladies’ singles tennis champion who had won the 1971 title under her maiden name, Goolagong (6,6) 8 and 12 Down
1997 novel by Garrison Keillor whose central character is John Tollefson (7,3)
9 Brightest star in the
constellation Orion (5) 10 Standard monetary
unit of South Africa (4) 12 and 17 Down
The —, 1970s US television series that starred Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers (6,5)
14 Projecting end of a piece of wood that is formed to fit into a mortise in another piece (5)
15 Isabella —, cook whose Book of Household Management was first published in 1861 (6)
16 One of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint (4)
19 City in S France whose Roman remains include an amphitheatre and the Pont du Gard aqueduct (5)
21 Order of insects comprising dragonflies and damselflies (7)
22 Fashion designer appointed a CBE in 1997 and DBE in
2014 (6,6)
DOWN
1 The —, building in the Latin Quarter associated with the former University of Paris (8)
2 Lake —, body of water in NW Russia between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea (5)
3 Parish in Perth and Kinross, Scotland; former site of the Pictish capital (5)
4 Andrea —, US feminist who authored 1990 novel Mercy (7)
5 Virginia —, winner of the 1989 Badminton Horse Trials (4)
6 Author of 1965 stage play Saved (6,4)
7 1938 film comedy starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (5-5)
11 and 18 1966 Commonwealth 440-yard hurdles gold medallist (3,5)
12 See 8 Across
13 Former province of France settled by Vikings in the 10th century (8)
14 Cut of beef that comes from the rear of the cow above the leg (7)
17 See
12 Across
18 See 11
Down
20 Ancient kingdom in the Old Testament east of the Dead Sea (4)
Crossword ACROSS
6 Centre of operations (12)
8 Communication sent (7)
9 Warehouse (5)
10 Jealousy (4)
12 Light evening meal (6)
14 Kingdom (5)
15 Cask (6)
16 Counterfoil (4)
19 Confess, admit (3,2)
21 Guilty person (7)
22 Food items (3,5,4)
DOWN
1 Jewish festival (8)
2 Identical (5)
3 Bread maker (5)
4 Sports arena (7)
5 Rugby forward (4)
6 Severe shock or setback (6,4)
7 Qualities representative of a person or thing (10)
11 Congeal (3)
12 Crafty (3)
13 Come gradually to an end (5,3)
14 Regard, admiration (7)
17 Exclusive news story (5)
18 Wet melting snow (5) 20 Inert gas (4)
Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror