Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD
ACROSS 1 Plant of the sunflower family also known as the artichoke thistle (7) 7 and 23
US actresscomedienne who played
Miss Hannigan in 1982 family film Annie (5,7)
8 Isle of Wight-born sailor and boat designer who died in 1972 (4,3) 9 US space station launched in May, 1973 (6)
11 The —, Texan mission; site of an 1836 siege by Mexican forces (5)
13 BBC Radio comedy programme starring Tommy Handley that ran from 1939-49 (4) 14 London underground station on the Jubilee line between Wembley Park and Dollis Hill (7) 15 Martin —,
2001 World Championships high jump gold medallist (4) 16 and 22 Best Director
Oscar winner for Slumdog Millionaire (5,5)
17 and 1965 10 Orson Down
Welles comedydrama film in which he stars as
Falstaff (6,2,8) 21 Henry —, British dramatist whose stage plays include
Eh? and Nil
Carborundum (7)
22 See 16 Across
23 See 7 Across
DOWN
2 The —, 1937 romcom starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant (5,5) 3 and 12 2006 film thriller starring Paul Barber and Tom Bell (4,4,5) 4 Woodwind instrument whose mouthpiece has a double reed (4) 5 and 19 Rugby union fly-half; 1980 Australia Test debutant against New Zealand (4,4) 6 Heinrich —, winner of the
1972 Nobel Prize in Literature (4) 9 Card of the highest ranking suit in the game of bridge (5)
10 See 17 Across 12 See 3 Down
13 1997 novel by Robin Cook (8) 18 Silvery-white metal; symbol Fe (4) 19 See 5 Down 20 Member of the aboriginal people of Japan (4)
CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Mineral pitch (7)
7 Dried stalks of grain (5) 8 Unoccupied job (7)
9 Words of a pop song (6) 11 Strangely (5) 13 Rain heavily (4) 14 Light automatic rifle (7)
15 Bottle stopper (4) 16 Backbone (5) 17 Towards or on land (6)
21 Attack by hostile planes (3,4) 22 Thespian (5) 23 Take refuge (7)
DOWN
2 Disgraceful (10) 3 Wrestling hold (8) 4 Fortune (4) 5 Remain (4) 6 Main garment worn by Indian women (4) 9 Dead language (5) 10 Citrus fruit type (10) 12 Armistice (5) 13 Secular (8) 18 Chop wildly (4) 19 Upper covering of a building (4) 20 Long audible breath (4)
Solutions in Monday’s Irish Daily Mirror