Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
Quizword ACROSS
6 1961 novel by Iris
Murdoch (1,7,4) 8 Principal area in SE Wales that includes the towns of Pontypool and Cwmbran (7) 9 Marked ski run down a mountain (5) 10 — Cup, women’s world team championship in badminton (4) 12 2008 action film starring James Mcavoy and Morgan Freeman (6) 14 Juan —, president of Argentina from 1946-55 (5) 15 Sonny —, 1962-64 World Heavyweight boxing champion (6) 16 A —, Yorkshire cricketer; 2014 PCA Player of the Year (4) 19 Isabel —, author of novels Rescuing Rose and The Very Picture of You (5) 21 Small loudspeaker designed to reproduce highpitched sounds in a hi-fi system (7) 22 London-born satirical caricaturist and illustrator who died in 1815 (5,7)
DOWN
1 1993 film drama starring Jeff Bridges and Isabella Rossellini (8) 2 Edgar —, painter and sculptor whose works include 1877’s Dancers Practicing at the Barre (5) 3 Jules —, French author of 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days (5) 4 Graham —, member of the Monty Python comedy team who died in 1989 (7) 5 The —, English horse race for fillies held at Epsom since 1779 (4) 6 Actor who played Capt Mainwaring in BBC TV sitcom Dad’s Army (6,4) 7 Winner of the 1997 World Snooker Championship (3,7) 11 Standard monetary unit
of Japan (3) 12 Large metal Chinese
cooking pot (3) 13 1995 animated film featuring the characters Woody and Buzz Lightyear (3,5) 14 Deep-bodied fish such
as the Atlantic — (7) 17 Council region of South Island, New Zealand founded by Scottish settlers (5) 18 Sean —, hat-trick scorer for Great Britain in the 1988 Olympic hockey semi-finals (5) 20 The —, 1991 novel by
Stephen Fry (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
6 Learn how to operate or do (3,3,4,2) 8 Plunder (7)
9 Stadium (5) 10 Nautical cry (4) 12 Former Spanish
monetary unit (6) 14 Lid (5) 15 Body art item (6) 16 Second Greek
letter (4) 19 Detest (5) 21 Clap (7) 22 Verge at the edge of a
motorway (4,8)
DOWN
1 Be distinctive or conspicuous (5,3) 2 Cut wool from (5) 3 Army colour (5) 4 Asthma sufferer’s device (7) 5 Painful (4) 6 Huge (10) 7 Amphibian type (10) 11 Dove’s call (3) 12 Dowel (3) 13 Gemstones (8) 14 Companion (7) 17 Turning tool (5) 18 Nozzle (5) 20 Bonce (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror