Quizword & Crossword
Two sets of clues, two different answers – all on the same grid. Choose one or the other.
QUIZWORD ACROSS
1 Alexandra —, actress who played Sharon McCready in 1960s ITV series The Champions (7)
7 and 22 1995 novel by Val McDermid (5,5) 8 Old Testament wife of Ahab (7) 9 Nancy —, Speaker of the US House of Representatives from 2007-11 (6)
11 and 15 City in N Indiana, US, on St Joseph River associated with Studebaker automobiles (5,4) 13 Stewart —, US golfer; winner of The Open Championship in 2009 (4) 14 Arctic toothed whale, the male of which has a long spiral tusk (7)
15 See 11 Across 16 Small edible marine crustacean with a long tail (5) 17 Becky —, artistic gymnast; 2014 Commonwealth uneven bars and team all-around gold medallist (6) 21 Clive —, author of novels Flood Tide and Iceberg (7) 22 See 7 Across
23 MH —, England Test cricketer who hit 188 against Australia in Melbourne in 1975 (7)
DOWN
2 1959 Wimbledon men’s singles tennis championship winner (4,6) 3 1978 Stephen King novel (3,5) 4 and 5 IBM supercomputer that played a match with world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997 (4,4)
5 See 4 Down 6 Villainous ensign in William Shakespeare play Othello (4) 9 Charles —, French film pioneer who died in 1957 (5) 10 The —, 1960 film drama starring Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum (10) 12 and 18 2009 film comedy starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway (5,4) 13 Jeremy —, former chief presenter of BBC TV motoring series Top Gear (8)
18 See 12 Down 19 Film projection system using a standard 22m by 16m screen (4) 20 Ancient plucked stringed instrument whose body is shaped like a halved pear (4)
CROSSWORD ACROSS
1 Ambassador’s residence (7) 7 Bode (5) 8 Hem in (7) 9 Dark or dismal (6) 11 Major religion (5) 13 Support (4) 14 Break into fragments (7) 15 Centre of an apple (4) 16 Lesson (5) 17 Relating to digestion (6) 21 Coloured arc in the sky (7) 22 Remembrance flower (5) 23 Liquidiser (7)
DOWN
2 Soup of vegetables and pasta (10) 3 Union (8) 4 Formal band worn over a shoulder (4) 5 Knitting stitch (4) 6 Greek spirit (4) 9 Sphere (5) 10 Optical instrument (10) 12 Harmonious sounds (5) 13 Sheets and pillowcases (3,5) 18 Badly off (4) 19 Children’s guessing game (1-3) 20 Pay a brief visit (4)
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror