Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword ACROSS

1 County on the Atlantic coast of the Republic of Ireland east of County Mayo (5) 4 Ellen —, Wisconsinborn Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for I Remember Mama (5) 10 Spiny Mediterranean plant with edible flower buds (5) 11 Robert —, MP for Bermondsey from 1950-82; Labour Party Chief Whip from 1969-76 (7) 12 Actress who played Annie Cartwright in BBC TV drama series Life on Mars (3,5) 13 River rising in the Vosges Mountains that flows north to the Moselle in Germany (4) 15 Joseph —, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922-52 (6) 17 P T —, showman who formed a circus with rival J A Bailey in 1881 (6) 19 K K —, India Test cricketer who made an unbeaten 303 against England in Chennai in 2016 (4) 20 Former Spanish gold coin (8) 23 Play by Sophocles about the sons of the Seven against Thebes in Greek legend (7) 24 Guccio —, leather craftsman who opened his first shop in Florence in 1920 (5) 25 See 26 Across 26 and 25 1991 film drama starring Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott (5,5)

DOWN

2 Largest city in Bolivia (2,3) 3 Author of fantasy novels Lirael, Sabriel and Abhorsen (5,3) 5 Suburb of Paris housing an international airport (4) 6 See 9 Down 7 John —, Best Director Oscar winner for Midnight Cowboy (11) 8 See 18 Down 9 and 6 1980 stage play by Howard Brenton (3,6,2,7) 14 Charles-francois —,French painter whose works include 1873’s View on the Oise (8) 16 Emperor of Japan from 1989-2019 (7) 18 and 8 Author of 1956 novel The One Hundred and One Dalmatians (5,5) 21 Extinct language of ancient southern Italy (5) 22 Large Indo-malayan evergreen tree with light hard wood (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Crossword ACROSS

1 Warehouse (5) 4 Sharp part of a knife (5) 10 Overly fat (5) 11 Tooth type (7) 12 Completeness (8) 13 Edible crustacean (4) 15 Chucks (6) 17 Part of speech (6) 19 Food grain (4) 20 Drinking tour of bars (3,5) 23 Wash and iron (7) 24 Pamphlet (5) 25 Sharp tingling pain (5) 26 Common viper (5)

DOWN

2 Choose by voting (5) 3 A few (3,2,3) 5 Fortune (4) 6 Merit (7) 7 For an instant (11) 8 Breadth (5) 9 Likelihood (11) 14 Learned (8) 16 Seek new members (7) 18 Spicy dish (5) 21 Not asleep (5) 22 Norse god (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror