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 ACROSS

6 2013 novel by Anne

Perry (5,7) 8 Language native to Mexico historical­ly known as Aztec (7) 9 Town in Egypt on the River Nile noted for its temple built by Amenhotep III (5) 10 Peter —, 17th-century painter whose works include Girl with a Parrot and Two Ladies of the Lake Family (4) 12 Joseph —, author of novels The Secret Agent, Lord Jim and Nostromo (6) 14 French city; capital of the former duchy of Burgundy (5) 15 and 3 Down Villainous usurer in 1841 Charles Dickens novel The Old Curiosity Shop (6,5) 16 Green-blue colour; the complement­ary of red (4) 19 Marat —, winner of the 2000 US Open men’s singles tennis championsh­ip (5) 21 One of the three gorgons in Greek mythology (7) 22 Jacobean stage play by George Chapman whose title character is based on a 16thcentur­y French nobleman (5,7)

DOWN

1 Edouard —, French founder in 1888 with brother Andre of a tyre manufactur­ing company (8) 2 Large desert-living African antelope with long twisted horns (5) 3 See 15 Across 4 Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray named after a place in Cambridges­hire (7) 5 Jacky —, Belgian F1 driver who won the 1972 German GP (4) 6 Asian republic whose

capital is Dhaka (10) 7 Housekeepe­r in 1938 novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (3,7) 11 Score of nothing in

certain games (3) 12 Alex —, Liverpudli­an film director whose works include Walker and Straight to Hell (3) 13 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1976-79 (3,5) 14 M H —, England Test cricketer who hit 188 against Australia at Melbourne in 1975 (7) 17 University city in West Yorkshire that hosts an internatio­nal piano competitio­n (5) 18 Donald —, president of the United States from 2017-21 (5) 20 1993 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter (4)

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