Irish Daily Mirror

Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 and 6 Down

Spanish golfer;

2007 Estoril

Open de Portugal tournament winner (5,6)

7 Capital of the autonomous community of

Navarre, Spain (8) 8 Port and university city in west Turkey (5) 10 English artist; creator in 1932 of Daily Mirror comic strip

Jane’s Journal (6,4) 12 1982 film comedy starring Ryan O’neal and John Hurt (8) 14 Colin —, author of 1979 novel The Animals of Farthing Wood (4) 16 James M —, author of novels Serenade and Mildred Pierce (4) 17 and 1 Down 2014 comedy-drama film starring Jason Schwartzma­n and Elisabeth Moss (6,2,6) 20 1986 action film starring Christophe­r Lambert and

Roxanne Hart (10) 23 French liqueur made from brandy flavoured with almonds and apricot kernels (5)

24 Former province of east central France now divided into the Rhone and Loire department­s (8)

25 Large desert-living African antelope with long twisted horns (5)

DOWN

1 See 17 Across

2 Lower back part also called the lumbus (4) 3 L Frank —, author of 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful

Wizard of Oz (4)

4 Nigel —, Aston Villa goalkeeper who replaced Jimmy Rimmer in the 1982 European Cup Final (5) 5 Town in Northern Ireland near the mouth of the River Bann (9) 6 See 1 Across

9 Dorothy —, 1934 Wimbledon singles tennis championsh­ip winner (5) 11 and 22 1999 film thriller starring

Jeff Bridges and

Tim Robbins (9,4)

13 Type of Algerian popular music (3) 15 Johannes —, Swiss painter who taught at the Bauhaus from 1919-23 (5)

16 Gary —,

Crystal Palace FC defender (6)

18 Annie —, author of novels Postcards and That Old Ace in the Hole (6)

19 Mel —, US actor who voiced cartoon characters Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (5) 21 Andrew —, journalist and broadcaste­r whose credits include BBC TV shows This Week and Sunday Politics (4)

22 See 11 Down

Crossword

ACROSS

1 Rod for stirring a fire (5) 7 Accidental­ly (2,6) 8 Once more (5) 10 Harshly critical (10) 12 Game played on a chequered board (8) 14 Is obliged to (4) 16 Pavement edge (4) 17 Spell of hot weather (8)

20 Mutual (10)

23 Simple musical

instrument (5)

24 Renegade (8)

25 Banquet (5)

DOWN

1 Calm, tranquil (6)

2 Heroic (4)

3 Yes votes (4) 4 Of little length (5) 5 Disliked by many (9) 6 Single-room accommodat­ion (6) 9 Whinny (5)

11 Star sign (9) 13 Accessory worn with a suit (3)

15 Cut of beef (5) 16 Martial art (6) 18 Physical or mental exertion (6) 19 Room (5) 21 Egg-shaped (4) 22 Overdue (4)

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