Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 Capital of Belarus (5) 4 Stomach lining of an ox or cow prepared for cooking (5)

10 Capital of Vietnam (5) 11 Informal social gathering in Scotland and Ireland with folk music and dancing (7) 12 M A —, former

Hants cricketer; 2010 England Test debutant against Bangladesh in Chittagong (8)

13 Eartha —, singer-actress who played Gogo Germaine in

1958 biopic

St Louis Blues (4)

15 Eric —, author of novels Epitaph for a Spy and Judgment on Deltchev (6)

17 Omar —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Lawrence of Arabia (6) 19 Raven in 1841

Charles Dickens novel Barnaby Rudge (4) 20 Spike —, writer and member of The Goons comedy team (8)

23 Ardal —, stand-up comedian-actor who authored

1998 novel The Talk of the Town (7)

24 Philip —, composer of operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten (5)

25 See 22 Down 26 Johannes —,

Swiss painter who taught at the Bauhaus from 1919-23 (5)

DOWN

2 John —, winner of the Heineken

Open singles tennis tournament in 2010 and 2014 (5) 3 Director of films Inside Man and Blackkklansman (5,3) 5 John —, 2004-05 WBA Heavyweight champion (4)

6 Sidney —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for

Lilies of the Field (7)

7, 14 and 16 1854 poem by Alfred Tennyson documenting an event in the Crimean War (3,6,2,3,5,7)

8 The —, 2001 action film starring

Robert De Niro and Edward Norton (5) 9 1980 novel by

Ngaio Marsh (5-6)

14 See 7 Down 16 See 7 Down 18 2002 sci-fi film starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix (5) 21 Accent over certain vowels such as over the first e in French name Lumiere (5) 22 and 25 Across

Signal flag displayed by a vessel about to leave port (4,5) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror

Crossword ACROSS

1 Encourage (3,2)

4 Judder (5)

10 Excessively fat or fleshy (5)

11 Small flute (7) 12 Personification of fortune or chance (4,4) 13 Leg part (4)

15 Slender supporting column (6)

17 Short fall of rain (6) 19 Sheet of glass (4)

20 Parts of an orange (8) 23 Non-believer (7) 24 Lubricated (5)

25 Rotates (5) 26 Black-and-white mammal (5)

DOWN

2 Gluttony (5)

3 On the other side of the page (8)

5 Cut with rough blows (4) 6 Ingenuity, skill (4-3) 7 School crossing patrol (8,3)

8 Room (5)

9 Rural area (11)

14 Irish emblem (8) 16 Cricket delivery (4,3) 18 Fourth

Greek letter (5) 21 Synthetic material (5) 22 Potter’s oven (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror