Quizword & Crossword QUIZWORD CLUES

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.

ACROSS

6 and 12 Down

1992 sci-fi film starring

Jeff Fahey and

Pierce Brosnan (3,9,3) Christian —, 19th-century mathematician and physicist noted for his work on the frequency of light and sound waves (7) Unit of mass equal to 1,000 kg (5)

10 and 20 Down 1971 Derby winner ridden by Geoff Lewis (4,4) City in Lombardy, Italy, northeast of Parma surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes (6) Area of Glasgow formerly associated with the weaving, coal and shipbuilding industries (5)

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15 and 5 Down

Climbing plant with red flowers and edible pods also called a scarlet runner (6,4)

Goddess of youth and spring in

Greek mythology (4) Celia —, actress who played Una Alconbury in the Bridget Jones film trilogy (5) Gioachino —, composer of operas Otello and The Barber of Seville (7)

22 US actor who played Ray ‘Bones’ Barboni in 1995 comedy-crime film Get Shorty (6,6)

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5 See 15 Across 6

1994 Australian Open and 1999 US Open men’s singles tennis championship losing finalist (4,6)

Second Sunday before Ash Wednesday (10) Large earth-boring dung beetle (3)

12 See 6 Across

13 1956 stage play by Friedrich Durrenmatt (3,5)

Place near Jerusalem where, according to the Hebrew Bible, children were sacrificed (7) Alain —, 1986 winner of the F1 World Drivers’ Championship (5)

Lion in the The Chronicles of Narnia heptalogy by

C S Lewis (5)

20 See 10 Across

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18 1971 adventure film starring Michael York and Elke Sommer (8) Charles —, 19th-century founder of a symphony orchestra in

Manchester (5) Department of central France; capital Chateauroux (5)

The —, 1997 action film directed by and starring Kevin Costner (7)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror