Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

1 and 12 Best Director Oscar nominee for The Love Parade, The Patriot and Heaven Can Wait (5,8) 7 See 17 Across 8 Lucien —, French cyclist; 1966 Tour de France winner (5) 10 and 20 2010 novel by Salman Rushdie (4,3,3,4,2,4) 12 See 1 Across 14 Island of Indonesia; capital Jakarta (4) 16 Twelfth month of the Jewish civil year (4) 17 and 7 2012 novel by Fay Weldon (6,2,3,5) 20 See 10 Across 23 River that formed the ancient boundary between Brecknockshire and Carmarthenshire (5) 24 Water-based paint mainly used for interior decorating (8) 25 Tom —, 1973 French Open men’s doubles tennis championship winner (5)

DOWN

1 Hard white calcified substance covering the crown of each tooth (6) 2 Aquatic fish-eating mammal that returns to shore to breed (4) 3 Tropical African tree whose oily seeds yield a fat used in soap manufacture (4) 4 Michael —, 1989 French Open singles tennis championship winner (5) 5 1995 film drama starring Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne (4,5) 6 City in Switzerland; former headquarters of the League of Nations (6) 9 Evans —, 2004 London Marathon and Chicago Marathon men’s race winner (5) 11 Pakistan cricketer; 2009 Test debutant against Sri Lanka in Galle (5,4) 13 Federal US bureau created in 1947 to conduct espionage activities (1,1,1) 15 Wim —, 1981-93 Netherlands forward footballer who played for PSV, Ajax, Pisa, Bordeaux and Torino (5) 16 Gustave —, French civil engineer after whom a tower in Paris is named (6) 18 and 19 1964 adventure-comedy film starring Cary Grant and Leslie Caron (6,5) 19 See 18 Down 21 1965 Joe Orton stage play that ran on Broadway in 1968 (4) 22 One of a number of small creatures in the Star Wars film series who live on the moon of Endor (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror