Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword
ACROSS
1 Impressionist-comedian whose television credits include Dead Ringers, Newzoids and 2DTV (3,7)
8 Juli —, 2002 US Women’s Open Golf Championship winner (7)
9 1946 film drama starring George Raft and Sylvia Sidney (2,3)
10 Douglas —, Home Secretary from 1985-89 (4)
11 The —, 2002 novel by China Mieville (4)
12 Tall annual grass with soft bluish-green leaves (3)
14 Island paradise in Celtic mythology where King Arthur was taken after death (6)
15 Polysaccharide that occurs widely in plant tissues (6)
18 Small European brown flatfish covered with rough scales (3)
20 Suburb of Paris housing an international airport (4)
21 1996 novel by Frederick Forsyth (4)
23 City in S Turkey on the Seyhan River east of Tarsus (5)
24 Social insect also called a white ant (7)
25 That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach (10)
DOWN
1 Capital of Indonesia (7)
2 John —, Secretary of State for Defence from 1981-83 (4)
3 Skeet —, US actor who played Billy Loomis in 1996 horror film Scream (6)
4 Winter Olympics host city in 1928 and 1948 (2,6)
5 Red —, Texan oil field fire-fighting specialist who died in 2004 (5)
6 1946 biopic starring Cary Grant as Cole Porter (5,3,3)
7 Stephane —, winner of the Dakar Rally cars category in 2021 (11)
13 and 16 MLB team that reached their first World Series in 2007 (8,7)
16 See 13 Down
17 1985 film comedy starring Chevy Chase in the title role (6)
19 Tycho —, Danish astronomer who established the Uraniborg Observatory on the island of Hven (5)
22 Card game; an old form of poker (4)
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Large newspaper (10)
8 Difficult to catch (7)
9 Ambition (5)
10 Closed (4)
11 Gaelic (4)
12 Pitch (3)
14 Somewhat (6)
15 Large blunt needle (6)
18 Clippie’s vehicle (3)
20 Journey or excursion (4)
21 Kitchen cabinet (4)
23 Cake decoration (5)
24 Fabric type (7)
25 Carries from one place to another (10)
DOWN
1 Bunch of flowers (7)
2 Of the ears (4)
3 Doleful (6)
4 Small nocturnal mammal (8)
5 Expel from a property (5)
6 Cheese on toast? (5,6)
7 Damage from ordinary use (4,3,4)
13 Seven-sided figure (8)
16 Boarding place for dogs (7)
17 Main circus tent (3,3)
19 Winter sportsperson (5)
22 Way off (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Star