Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 and 13 Down 1965 stage play by Alan Ayckbourn (10,8) 8 Robin —, actor who played Dr Duncan P Waring in BBC TV sitcom Doctor at the Top (7) 9 Country in North Africa ruled by Muammar Gaddafi from 1969-2011 (5) 10 Series of six or more balls bowled by a cricketer (4) 11 Peter —, 17th-century painter whose works include Girl with a Parrot and Two Ladies of the Lake Family (4) 12 Leslie —, actress who played Carol Landau in 1985 film comedy Shadey (3) 14 Phoenician princess in Greek mythology who had three children by Zeus (6) 15 Bella —, character in 1865 Charles Dickens novel Our Mutual Friend who marries John Rokesmith (6) 18 Food fish such as the Atlantic — or Pacific — (3) 20 Danish pop group whose no 1 singles include 1997’s Barbie Girl (4) 21 Britpop group whose hit albums include Parklife and The Magic Whip (4) 23 Small fawn-coloured antelope of African grasslands and bush south of the Sahara (5) 24 1967 drama starring Carol White and Terence Stamp based on a novel by Nell Dunn (4,3) 25 Blue-veined cheese made from pressed milk (10)
DOWN
1 City in S Alberta, Canada, on a major tributary of the South Saskatchewan River (3,4) 2 Sebastien —, 2004-12 winner of the World Rally Drivers’ Championship (4) 3 Edward —, Budapest-born physicist known as the Father of the hydrogen bomb (6) 4 2008 drama starring Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (8) 5 Seventh sign of the zodiac (5)
6 and 7 The —, 1911 volume of short stories by G K Chesterton (9,2,6,5) 7 See 6 Down 13 See 1 Across 16 Small sailboat with triangular sails used in the Mediterranean Sea and on the Nile River (7) 17 Randolph —, British boxer; World Middleweight champion from July-September, 1951 (6) 19 Sister of Enyo and Pemphredo in Greek mythology also known as Dino (5) 22 Dog belonging to Dorothy Gale in the Oz series of books by L Frank Baum (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
1 Mutual (10) 8 Soaks up (7) 9 Mental picture (5) 10 Simple (4) 11 Hereditary unit (4) 12 Male cat (3) 14 Guarantee (6) 15 Admit defeat (4,2) 18 Frozen water (3) 20 Endearingly pretty (4) 21 Perceive by touching (4) 23 Star sign (5) 24 Soft material used as stuffing (7) 25 In prison (6,4)
DOWN
1 Withstands (7) 2 Horse-drawn vehicle (4) 3 Annoy continually (6) 4 Fat used in cookery (5,3) 5 Torn in pieces (5) 6 Pretend (4,7) 7 Specialised words relating to a subject (11) 13 Vegetable (8) 16 Foes (7) 17 Daft (6) 19 Strange and frightening (5) 22 Notion (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror