Irish Sunday Mirror

Quizword & Crossword

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

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QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS

6 Alaska-set 1945 film comedy in a series starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour (4,2,6) 8 US state; capital Indianapol­is (7) 9 Tourist island of the Balearics in the Mediterran­ean (5) 10 Rod —, entertaine­r associated with puppet Emu who died in 1999 (4) 12 Richard —, hero of John Buchan novels The Thirty-nine Steps and Greenmantl­e (6) 14 Tom —, actor who succeeded Jon Pertwee as the Doctor in BBC series Doctor Who (5) 15 1979 novel by Nelson Demille and Thomas Block (6) 16 One of the basic patterns of the human fingerprin­t (4) 19 Medieval stringed instrument resembling the violin (5) 21 Maurice —, 19th-century French physician after whom a condition affecting blood supply is named (7) 22 Pierre-augustin Caron de —, French dramatist whose works include 1767’s Eugenie (12)

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1 City in central Myanmar on the Irrawaddy River (8) 2 Small Eurasian mammal closely related to the weasel (5) 3 Xavier —, Girona, Spain-born bandleader who appeared in films Bathing Beauty and You Were Never Lovelier (5) 4 Standard monetary unit of Venezuela (7) 5 Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand (4) 6 Standard monetary unit of Germany from 1924-48 (10) 7 London-born celebrity chef who appeared on 2008 BBC TV series Strictly Come Dancing (4,6) 11 Longest river in Scotland (3) 12 Adult female of the domestic fowl (3) 13 1979 film drama starring Sally Field in the Oscar-winning title role (5,3) 14 God of wine in Roman mythology (7) 17 Dora —, actress who played Amber Spottiswoo­d in 1966 film comedy The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery (5) 18 Andrea —, 1975 European Indoor Championsh­ips 60m gold medallist (5) 20 Max —, World Heavyweigh­t boxing champion from 1934-35 (4)

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