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 Actress who played Lisa Fowler in BBC TV soap Eastenders (4,8) 8 Henri —, French composer of music for ballets La Chatte and Les Forains (7) 9 Pancho —, Mexican revolution­ary leader who died in 1923 (5) 10 Second son of Judah and Shua in the Old Testament (4) 12 Quintus —, Roman author of epic poem Annales who died in 169 BC (6) 14 Island off Italy in the Gulf of Naples (5) 15 Georges —, French statesman and revolution­ary guillotine­d in 1794 (6) 16 Massimo —, Italy defender; 2006 FIFA World Cup squad member (4) 19 Evans —, 2004 London Marathon and Chicago Marathon men’s race winner (5) 21 Queen of Lydia in Greek mythology; mistress of Heracles when a slave (7) 22 1905 stage play by George Bernard Shaw (5,7)

DOWN

1 Robert —, 19th-century composer of song-cycle Dichterlie­be (8) 2 Emmanuel —, 2004-11 Arsenal defender; 2006 UEFA Champions League Final runner-up (5) 3 A P E —, England Test cricketer who hit 101 against New Zealand in Auckland in 1971 (5) 4 Luigi —, 18th-century Italian physiologi­st whose experiment­s demonstrat­ed the principle of animal electricit­y (7) 5 Jessica —, US actress who portrayed Vera Miles in 2012 biopic Hitchcock (4) 6 1996 Booker Prize-winning novel by Graham Swift (4,6) 7 W-shaped constellat­ion adjoining Cepheus and Perseus (10)

11 and 17 1996-97 Swansea City FC manager (3,5) 12 CGS unit of work or energy (3) 13 Sailing ship of the 17th to 19th centuries engaged in trade with the East or West Indies (8) 14 Island nation in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique; capital Moroni (7) 17 See 11 Down 18 Muriel —, author of novels The Girls of Slender Means and The Finishing School (5) 20 Large tree of the East Indies that yields a valuable wood (4)

CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS

6 Rebuilds (12) 8 Highland dress item (7) 9 Anaestheti­c (5) 10 Skin problem (4) 12 Rank or sour (6) 14 Trite (5) 15 Hardly ever (6) 16 Costing nothing (4) 19 Synthetic material (5) 21 Staying power (7) 22 Wrestling blow (7,5)

DOWN

1 Large glass for sherry (8) 2 Sleep noisily (5) 3 Feat of daring (5) 4 Burial or cremation (7) 5 Engrave (4) 6 Place to eat out (10) 7 Track suitable for riding horses (10) 11 Wide inlet of the sea (3) 12 Beam of natural light (3) 13 Travelling fair (8) 14 Woollen cover for a bed (7) 17 Operators (5) 18 Very light wood (5) 20 Plunder (4)

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