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
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Oscar winner for The Best Years of Our Lives (7,5)
Liv —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Face to Face and
The Emigrants (7) Monica —, actress who played the title role in 1966 action-comedy film Modesty Blaise (5) Former county town of Meath, Republic of Ireland (4)
Haley Joel —,
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Sixth Sense (6) Town in
South Holland, Netherlands, associated with a type of tin-glazed earthenware (5)
King of England from 946-955 (6) Small Asian citrus tree with greenish oval edible fruits (4) Lower scoring of the two sets of rings on an archery target (5) University friend of Hamlet in the William Shakespeare play of that name (7) 22 Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Coquette (4,8) 6 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 19 21
DOWN
Australasian songbird with a ringing call such as the New Zealand — or crested — (8)
2 See 12 Down
3 Parish in Perth and Kinross, Scotland; former site of the Pictish capital (5)
4 See 11 Down
5 Type of jazz singing characterised by improvised vocal sounds (4)
6 See 7 Down
7 and 6 1886 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (6,4,10)
11 and 4 1929 novel by
Dashiell Hammett (3,7)
12 and 2 In cricket, a ball that spins from off to leg on pitching (3,5)
1990 children’s book by Roald Dahl featuring the character Mr Hoppy (4,4)
T B —,
South Africa
Test cricketer who hit 101 against
Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2018 (2,5)
Unit of length equal to 22 yards (5)
18 Male duck (5)
20 Amphibian similar to the frog but with a drier, warty skin (4) 1 13 14 17
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
Crossword ACROSS
Infectious disease (7,5)
Branch of maths (7) Ballroom dance (5) Slopes downwards (4)
Animal called a bunny by a child (6)
14 Satan (5)
15 Edible seed (6)
16 Pull along (4)
19 Up to the time of (5)
21 Calm or pacify (7)
22 Portable
two-way radio (6-6) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror 6
8 9 10
12
DOWN
Combine in a group against (4,2,2) Defence plea (5)
Thieve (5)
Taking neither side (7) Intend (4)
Disgraceful (10) European language (10) Hair product (3)
Rend (3)
Building where soldiers live (8) Consider unpleasant or disagreeable (7)
17 Weekly pay (5)
18 Utter words (5)
20 Unfreeze (4) 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 13
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