Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
1 and 18 Down 1964 comedy film starring Kenneth Williams, Bernard Cribbins and Juliet Mills (5,2,4) 7 Chief port and capital of American Samoa (4,4)
8 The —, powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the
Shetland and
Orkney Islands (5) 10 1980 children’s novel by Judy Blume (10) 12 Port in South
Holland, Netherlands, noted for its gin distilleries (8)
14 Son of Seth in the
Old Testament who lived nine hundred and five years (4) 16 and 3 Down 2002 novel by Claudia Pattison (4,4)
17 City in northwest Texas, US, formerly associated with the helium industry (8) 20 Province of
Canada; capital Halifax (4,6)
23 Capital of
Bulgaria (5)
24 Nine-sided polygon also called a nonagon (8) 25 Bal Gangadhar —, co-founder in 1916 of the All India Home Rule League (5)
DOWN
1 — Generales, legislative assembly of Spain (6)
2 and 5 Author of novels The Goodbye Look and The Chill (4,9)
3 See 16 Across
4 Tobias —, US author of 1989 memoir
This Boy’s Life (5)
5 See 2 Down
6 G S —, West Indies
Test cricketer who made 226 against England in Bridgetown, Barbados, in 1960 (6) 9 Fleshy underground root of a dahlia or sweet potato (5) 11 and 16 1942 novel by Agatha Christie featuring
Miss Marple (3,6,6) 13 Either of the upper limbs from the shoulder to the wrist in man (3) 15 Fragrant rootstock of various irises used in perfumery (5)
16 See 11 Down
18 See 1 Across
19 Lion in The Chronicles of Narnia heptalogy by C S Lewis (5)
21 1847 novel by
Herman Melville (4)
22 Isao —, Japanese golfer; 1978
World Match
Play Championship winner (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror Crossword ACROSS
1 Brazilian dance (5) 7 Periodical publication (8)
8 Traffic light colour (5) 10 Lucky way of scoring a goal (10)
12 Safety (8)
14 Numbered cube (4) 16 Garden hut (4)
17 Pullovers (8)
20 Emboldens (10)
23 As yet (2,3)
24 Removes
dirt from (8)
25 Bundles of hay (5)
DOWN
1 Card suit (6)
2 Drained (a radiator) (4) 3 Vestibule (4)
4 Walk in formation (5) 5 Polite and good-mannered (9) 6 Meeting of spiritualists (6)
9 Brings up (5) 11 High-pitched cries (9) 13 Pull a broken-down vehicle (3)
15 Stories (5)
16 Rough drawing (6) 18 Thigh-length trousers (6) 19 Destroys (5)
21 Yes votes (4)
22 Fizzy water (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Mirror