Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD ACROSS
1 and 22 Author of novels Campbell’s Kingdom and Maddon’s Rock (7,5) 7 See 17 Across 8 H L —, Baltimore-born writer; co-founder of magazine The American Mercury in 1924 (7) 9 Capital of Albania (6) 11 and 4 Down Joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetism (5,4) 13 Julia Ward —, US abolitionist and poet who authored lyric The Battle Hymn of the Republic (4) 14 Largest island of the British Virgin Islands (7) 15 and 20 Down 1996 film drama starring Al Pacino and John Cusack (4,4) 16 Susan —, 1985, 1987, 1990 and 1992 World Open Squash Championship winner (5) 17 and 7 Boxer; 1999 BBC Sports Personality of the Year (6,5) 21 1986 film comedy starring Adam Baldwin and Mike Jolly (3,4) 22 See 1 Across 23 Any of three muscles in each buttock that move the thigh (7)
DOWN
2 English name of 1898 Richard Strauss tone poem Ein Heldenleben (1,5,4) 3 AJ —, United States and Sale Sharks rugby union fly-half (8) 4 See 11 Across 5 Adolfo —, actor who played Emilio Largo in 1965 action film Thunderball (4) 6 Standard unit of currency of Turkey (4) 9 See 19 Down 10 See 13 Down 12 The —, northernmost borough of New York City (5) 13 and 10 BBC TV comedy panel game whose team captains are Paul Merton and Ian Hislop (4,1,3,4,3,3) 18 2009 musical film starring Daniel Day-lewis as Guido Contini (4) 19 and 9 Down 1946 story collection by Roald Dahl (4,2,3) 20 See 15 Across
CROSSWORD ACROSS
1 Very fond of reading (7) 7 Our planet (5) 8 In pieces (7) 9 Flourish or prosper (6) 11 In front (5) 13 New-born child (4) 14 Vent or aperture (7) 15 Board game (4) 16 Maths chart (5) 17 Of the teeth (6) 21 Arrears of work (7) 22 Noise (5) 23 Flow windingly (7) DOWN 2 At the planned time (2,8) 3 Large marsupial (8) 4 Hotpot (4) 5 Whip (4) 6 Needle case (4) 9 Lukewarm (5) 10 Percussion instrument (10) 12 Defame falsely (5) 13 Tall fur helmet (8) 18 Noble gas (4) 19 Female relative (4) 20 Labyrinth (4) Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror