Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD CLUES ACROSS
3 and 1 Down 2008 novel by Sebastian Barry (3,6,9) 8 Robert —, US actor who played Kelly Robinson in 1960s US television series I Spy (4) 9 Capital of Chimborazo province, Ecuador (8) 10 1987 comedy starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman (6) 13 1975 musical-drama film starring Roger Daltrey in the title role (5) 14 Walled city in Lombardy, Italy, north east of Milan (7) 15 Small peg that supports a golf ball before it is struck (3) 16 Large arm of the Pacific Ocean between Victoria Land and the Edward VII Peninsula in Antarctica (4,3)
17 and 15 Down Literary creation of Leslie Charteris also known as The Saint (5,7)
21 and 20 Down Seabird with pointed wings also called a parasitic jaeger (6,4) 22 Australian bushranger hanged in 1880 played on screen by Mick Jagger and Heath Ledger among others (3,5) 23 Annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca (4) 24 Wife of Celeborn in works by J R R Tolkien (9)
DOWN
1 See 1 Across 2 The —, 1610 stage play by Ben Jonson featuring the character Dol Common (9)
4 and 12 US singer-actor who played Ted Mitchell in 2009 romcom New in Town (5,7,2) 5 In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables (7) 6 Burrowing bivalve mollusc such as the quahog (4) 7 River in central Europe that flows to the North Sea at Hamburg (4) 11 Dry dusty wind from the Sahara that blows towards the coast of West Africa from December to February (9) 12 See 4 Down 14 Aisling —, Irish actress-comedienne whose BBC TV credits include Hard Sun and The Fall (3) 15 See 17 Across 18 Alexei —, comedian-actor who authored 2000 book of short stories Barcelona Plates (5) 19 White sheep or goat cheese popular in Greece (4) 20 See 21 Across
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror
CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS
3 Athletic contest of three events (9) 8 Nobleman (4) 9 Suave, refined (8) 10 Adage or maxim (6) 13 Group of sheep (5) 14 Wellbeing (7) 15 Male offspring (3) 16 Plunder or pillage (7) 17 Bulb vegetable (5) 21 Within (6) 22 Not yet exploited or used (8) 23 Sixth month (4) 24 Edge of a body of water (9)
DOWN
1 Period of truce (9) 2 Racing dog (9) 4 Long narrow hilltop (5) 5 Egg white (7) 6 Drape (4) 7 Leave out (4) 11 Intending to do harm (9) 12 Flowed windingly (9) 14 Chinese cooking pot (3) 15 Surgical knife (7) 18 Broaden (5) 19 Unit of length (4) 20 Just, impartial (4)
Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror