Quizword & Crossword

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

Quizword

ACROSS

6 1968 stage play by Alan Bennett (5,5,2)

8 Genus of aquatic plants that includes the American lotus (7)

9 and 2 Down Director of the films Outland, The Relic and Capricorn One (5,5)

10 Mixture of smoke, fog and chemical fumes (4)

12 Quantum of electromagnetic radiation that travels at the speed of light (6)

14 Brown bear in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (5)

15 Administrative

centre of Devon (6)

16 Small diving duck of northern Eurasia (4)

19 European river that flows through Lake Constance (5)

21 Herbaceous perennial plant of the daisy family native to north temperate regions (7)

22 The —, 1991 novel by Peter Carey (3,9)

DOWN

1 Anthony —, author of the novels Phineas Finn and The

Warden (8)

2 See 9 Across

3 Small Asian evergreen tree with yellow, oval edible fruits (5)

4 Member of a Native American people of the Plains now living chiefly in Oklahoma and Wyoming (7)

5 Sweet fortified dessert

wine (4)

6 Shipping Forecast area renamed

Fitzroy in 2002 (10)

7 John —, author of 1918 stage play Abraham Lincoln (10)

11 Rowing blade (3)

12 Edgar Allan —, US short-story writer who died in 1849 (3)

13 Hardy breed of longbodied, reddish pigs originating in Staffordshire (8)

14 Bonnie —, actress who portrayed drag racer Shirley Muldowney in 1983 biopic Heart Like a Wheel (7)

17 D L —, England Test cricketer who hit 262 not out against West Indies at Kingston in 1974 (5)

18 Spiro —, US vice president from 1969-73 (5)

20 River rising in Austria upon which Munich stands (4) Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror

Crossword

ACROSS

6 Expert

marksman (12)

8 Hinders (7)

9 Entice (5)

10 Soft fine

feathers (4)

12 Eye membrane (6)

14 Synthetic fibre (5)

15 Movable indicator

on a screen (6)

16 Engrave (4)

19 Musical drama (5)

21 Blow up (7)

22 Profusely, in quick

succession (5,3,4)

DOWN

1 Number of people available for work (8)

2 Digging tool (5)

3 Pursuit (5)

4 Card game (7)

5 Appear (4)

6 Political strategist (4,6)

7 Fastening (10)

11 Distant (3)

12 Male swan (3)

13 Hypothetical, imaginary (8)

14 Love affair (7)

17 Bravery award (5)

18 Potatoes (5)

20 Resound (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror