Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 and 13 2007 novel by Bernard Cornwell (5,4) 4 M G —, Australia

Test cricketer who took 6-82 against West Indies at Adelaide in 1997 (5) 10 Phoebe —, actress who played the title role in 1994 comedy-drama film Princess Caraboo (5) 11 The —, 1997 film drama written, directed by and starring

Robert Duvall (7)

12 Wife of Orpheus in Greek mythology (8) 13 See 1 Across

15 Micky —, actor and musician who played the title role in 1950s US television series Circus Boy (6) 17 and 16 Down 1893 operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan (6,7)

19 BBC radio comedy programme starring Tommy Handley that ran from 1939-49 (4) 20 Actor whose roles included Professor Spats in 1968 film

The Night They

Raided Minsky’s (4,4) 23 Emilio —, actor whose roles include William H Bonney in 1988 action film Young Guns (7)

24 Former province of South Africa whose capital was Pietermaritzburg (5) 25 Nicholas —, 16th-century

English playwright who authored the comedy Ralph Roister Doister (5) 26 John Logie —,

Scottish engineer and television pioneer who died in 1946 (5)

DOWN

2 1985 film comedy starring Michael Caine and Valerie Perrine (5) 3 and 22 2002 film thriller starring

Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez (8,4) 5 Berkshire town housing a public school for boys (4) 6 Stately home in Northamptonshire; last resting place of Diana, Princess of Wales (7)

7 Alcoholic drink consisting of orange juice and vodka (11) 8 and 21 First woman to sit as an MP in the House of Commons (5,5)

9 Actor who played Mr Waverly in 1960s US television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (3,1,7) 14 Fractional monetary unit of Bulgaria worth one hundredth of a lev (8)

16 See 17 Across

18 Hans Werner —, German composer of 2007 opera Phaedra (5)

21 See 8 Down

22 See 3 Down

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror

Crossword

ACROSS

1 Personnel (5)

4 Loose (5)

10 Freight (5)

11 Avian influenza (4,3) 12 Musical instrument (8)

13 Untidy state (4)

15 Sermon (6)

17 Queasiness (6)

19 Skin problem (4)

20 Learned (8)

23 About to cry (7)

24 Oak tree fruit (5)

25 Broom of twigs (5) 26 Abyss (5)

DOWN

2 Human trunk (5) 3 Popular sport (8) 5 Nobleman (4)

6 Store of money (7)

7 Thick soup (6,5) 8 Dark wood (5) 9 Superior, excellent (11) 14 Collision between motor vehicles (3,5) 16 Knead muscles (7) 18 Grown-up (5) 21 Sounds a horn (5) 22 Bushy hairstyle (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror