Quizword & Crossword

Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other. Quizword ACROSS

1983 Salman Rushdie novel shortlisted for the Booker Prize (5) Montgomery —,

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Oscar nominee for The Search (5) Dennis —, French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died aged 36 in 1957 (5)

Genus of birds to which the kiwi belongs (7) John —, playwright whose works include Captain Oates’

Left Sock and Why Bournemouth? (8) Doris —, 1951 Wimbledon singles tennis championship winner (4)

1972 romcom starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills (6) Standard monetary unit of Indonesia (6) 1870 opera by Giuseppe Verdi (4)

20 2009 action film starring Chris Pine as James T Kirk (4,4)

23 1967 crime film starring Stanley Baker and Joanna Pettet (7)

24 1979 sci-fi film starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver (5)

25 James —, Belgian painter whose works include 1890’s The Intrigue (5)

26 Chris —, 1978

Australian Open women’s singles tennis championship winner (5) 1 4 10 11 12 13 15 17 19

DOWN

1999 film drama starring

Saskia Reeves and Christopher Eccleston (5)

Town in southeast Wales near the border with England at the confluence of the Rivers Wye and Monnow (8) Ancient plucked stringed instrument whose body is shaped like a halved pear (4) Enzo —, car designer and manufacturer born in Modena,

Italy, in 1898 (7) Incantation spoken by stage conjurors (11) River that flows to the Atlantic at Lisbon, Portugal (5) 1962 stage play by Eugene Ionesco (4,3,4) Baz —, director of films Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge! (8) John James —, US naturalist and artist noted for his paintings of birds (7) D W —, South Africa Test cricketer who took 7-51 against

India in Nagpur in 2010 (5)

Sam —, director of films Darkman and

The Evil Dead (5)

22 John F —,

US artist whose works include

1885 oil The Poor Man’s Store (4) 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 14 16 18 21

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Crossword ACROSS

Squander (5) Partially melted snow or ice (5) Edition (5)

Art of paper folding (7) Gaseous element (8) Rotate (4) Patterned with blooms (6)

17 Invent (6)

19 Price (4)

20 Woodwind

instrument (8)

23 Knitting rods (7)

24 Overly fat (5)

25 Banquet (5)

26 Snake

poison (5) 1 4

10 11

12

13 15

DOWN

Valuable commodity (5) Abstaining from alcoholic drinks (8) Den (4)

Shoulder blade (7) Important (11) Twelve (5)

Very brave (4-7) Fence preservative (8) Lewd (7)

Rental contract (5)

21 Caused by (3,2)

22 Unfortunately (4) 2 3

5 6 7 8 9 14

16 18

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror